# Dakshin Nala Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Nala

Dakshin Nala is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **967 people in 220 households**, the 88th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 967people (2011)
- 220households
- 66.4%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Nala

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Nala in 2011, 38 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Nala · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**49%

Tap water ****46%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**37%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Dakshin Nala?

■ Dakshin Nala · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**965

Working population ****41.4%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 58.9% for women. 64% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (16%) · **■** Household industry 22 (6%) · **■** Other work 132 (33%) · **■** Marginal 178 (44%)

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 Falta

- Bayaria1,037 people
- Jagala Ballabhpur1,014 people
- Pakur Digra994 people
- Falta969 people
- Dakshin Sargaria966 people
- Neoda956 people
- Garkhali923 people
- Abad Simulganaja917 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Nala?967 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Nala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Nala?66.4% (Census 2011)