# Dakshin Ankha, Moyna, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Ankha

Dakshin Ankha is a village in [Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,464 people in 363 households**, the 57th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,464people (2011)
- 363households
- 85.3%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Ankha

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Ankha in 2011, 40 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Ankha · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****12%**

**31%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Dakshin Ankha?

■ Dakshin Ankha · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**940

Working population ****43.2%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 79.0% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (37%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 118 (19%) · **■** Marginal 251 (40%)

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 Moyna

- Bishnu Misri Chak1,635 people
- Kriranandapur1,584 people
- Rasikpur1,578 people
- Payra Chak1,471 people
- Purbba Dobandhi Patna1,461 people
- Panch Pukhuria1,415 people
- Gouranga Chak1,404 people
- Kalika Danri1,365 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Ankha?1,464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Ankha in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Ankha?85.3% (Census 2011)