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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Meghadangar

Meghadangar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **434 people in 94 households**, the 197th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 434people (2011)
- 94households
- 80.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meghadangar

Of every 100 households in Meghadangar in 2011, 70 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meghadangar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****56%**

**36%

Television ****41%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**15%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Meghadangar?

■ Meghadangar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**949

Working population ****64.3%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 73.0% for women. 67% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 37 (13%) · **■** Marginal 219 (78%)

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

- Sitarampur443 people
- Gurya440 people
- Sanita437 people
- Paschim Gurtala435 people
- Debhog427 people
- Saharda426 people
- Uttar Gopalpur425 people
- Jashara418 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meghadangar?434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meghadangar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meghadangar?80.5% (Census 2011)