# Asda Dakshin Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Asda Dakshin

Asda Dakshin is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,194 people in 263 households**, the 40th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,194people (2011)
- 263households
- 81.6%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asda Dakshin

Of every 100 households in Asda Dakshin in 2011, 4 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asda Dakshin · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**10%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****47%**

**37%

Television ****3%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Asda Dakshin?

■ Asda Dakshin · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**926

Working population ****63.5%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 74.1% for women. 69% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 236 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (12%) · **■** Other work 30 (4%) · **■** Marginal 401 (53%)

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 Egra - I

- Bhatsalia1,231 people
- Kamardiha1,209 people
- Ailan1,207 people
- Sindwria1,197 people
- Shatkanai1,159 people
- Akandi1,142 people
- Sannihari1,125 people
- Shikra Chakadei1,078 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asda Dakshin?1,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asda Dakshin in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asda Dakshin?81.6% (Census 2011)