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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dokanda

Dokanda is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,267 people in 301 households**, the 83rd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,267people (2011)
- 301households
- 90.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dokanda

Of every 100 households in Dokanda in 2011, 81 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dokanda · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****19%**

**36%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Dokanda?

■ Dokanda · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**949

Working population ****48.5%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 85.3% for women. 63% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 115 (19%) · **■** Marginal 332 (54%)

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

- Dalpara1,306 people
- Dakshin Barhat1,304 people
- Mangalduari1,283 people
- Fakirganja1,270 people
- Jagannath Chak1,262 people
- Purbba Shuktia1,244 people
- Jardai1,241 people
- Palsa1,239 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dokanda?1,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dokanda in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dokanda?90.1% (Census 2011)