# Dashang Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dashang

Dashang is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **786 people in 196 households**, the 137th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 786people (2011)
- 196households
- 85.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dashang

Of every 100 households in Dashang in 2011, 46 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dashang · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**22%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Dashang?

■ Dashang · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**949

Working population ****51.9%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 78.9% for women. 63% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (10%) · **■** Marginal 198 (49%)

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 Panskura

- Gopalhazra818 people
- Parlanka805 people
- Nawapara794 people
- Ratulia793 people
- Radhaballavpur782 people
- Bikra Chandangerya775 people
- Dumdan768 people
- Mahadol Rupchak764 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dashang?786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dashang in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dashang?85.1% (Census 2011)