# Dagira Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dagira

Dagira is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,841 people in 369 households**, the 31st largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,841people (2011)
- 369households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dagira

Of every 100 households in Dagira in 2011, 36 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dagira · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**40%

Tap water ****6%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**1%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**34%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**44%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dagira?

■ Dagira · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**977

Working population ****36.0%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 67.6% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (17%) · **■** Marginal 535 (81%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Dakshin Diarak1,953 people
- Baria1,893 people
- Sultanbaga1,870 people
- Ambalhara1,855 people
- Nudia1,838 people
- Parulia1,825 people
- Purba Durgapur1,784 people
- Basuldanga1,749 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dagira?1,841 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dagira in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dagira?74.6% (Census 2011)