# Dakshin Battala Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Battala

Dakshin Battala is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,832 people in 451 households**, the 57th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,832people (2011)
- 451households
- 88.1%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Battala

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Battala in 2011, 0 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Battala · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dakshin Battala?

■ Dakshin Battala · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**971

Working population ****38.9%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 83.1% for women. 55% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 77 (11%) · **■** Marginal 600 (84%)

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 Basanti

- Mahespur2,129 people
- Dakshin Narayantala1,992 people
- Amratala1,962 people
- Srirampur1,875 people
- Mazidbari1,673 people
- Sajinatala1,392 people
- Chandrakona1,381 people
- Naliakhali1,114 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Battala?1,832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Battala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Battala?88.1% (Census 2011)