# Dainda Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Dainda

Dainda is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **625 people in 125 households**, the 96th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 625people (2011)
- 125households
- 97.2%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dainda

Of every 100 households in Dainda in 2011, 90 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dainda · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****33%**

**36%

Television ****21%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dainda?

■ Dainda · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.2%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**943

Working population ****61.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.5% for men and 95.9% for women. 60% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (14%) · **■** Household industry 18 (5%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 157 (41%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Buran652 people
- Chak Kandu634 people
- Kamalpur632 people
- Chak Padu631 people
- Barbatia616 people
- Bhat Bar587 people
- Muradpur586 people
- Sankonyarda583 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dainda?625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dainda in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dainda?97.2% (Census 2011)