# Dona Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dona

Dona is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,877 people in 658 households**, the 21st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,877people (2011)
- 658households
- 78.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dona

Of every 100 households in Dona in 2011, 58 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dona · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**37%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**37%

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 Dona?

■ Dona · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**965

Working population ****34.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 70.4% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (11%) · **■** Household industry 37 (4%) · **■** Other work 478 (49%) · **■** Marginal 323 (33%)

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

- Gotra3,008 people
- Sahara2,934 people
- Sujagalpur2,922 people
- Noapukhuria2,882 people
- Paschhim Gopalpur2,769 people
- Gobindapur2,730 people
- Rukhia2,680 people
- Ponkamra2,664 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 Dona?2,877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dona in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dona?78.3% (Census 2011)