# Diksal Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Diksal

Diksal is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,117 people in 235 households**, the 54th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,117people (2011)
- 235households
- 89.0%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Diksal

Of every 100 households in Diksal in 2011, 62 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Diksal · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**49%

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

**88%

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

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****34%**

**51%

Television ****19%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Diksal?

■ Diksal · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**87.9%

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

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**929

Working population ****30.9%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 81.9% for women. 59% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (14%) · **■** Marginal 199 (58%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Uttar Mukundapur1,176 people
- Mahajan1,136 people
- Nilkantapur1,125 people
- Nonaari1,124 people
- Mangalpur1,117 people
- Haropur1,070 people
- Mrijapur1,037 people
- Chanpabani1,026 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Diksal?1,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Diksal in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Diksal?89.0% (Census 2011)