# Dhandashira Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhandashira

Dhandashira is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **844 people in 230 households**, the 72nd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 844people (2011)
- 230households
- 89.1%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhandashira

Of every 100 households in Dhandashira in 2011, 99 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhandashira · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**60%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dhandashira?

■ Dhandashira · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**942

Working population ****46.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.6% for men and 80.2% for women. 63% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (18%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 100 (26%) · **■** Marginal 102 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pingla

- Mundamari869 people
- Rampura852 people
- Kalukhanra849 people
- Baguabar845 people
- Siti Binda843 people
- Raj Ballabh819 people
- Asti797 people
- Bhatia797 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhandashira?844 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhandashira in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhandashira?89.1% (Census 2011)