# Dingelpota Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dingelpota

Dingelpota is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,614 people in 392 households**, the 47th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,614people (2011)
- 392households
- 85.2%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dingelpota

Of every 100 households in Dingelpota in 2011, 94 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dingelpota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**73%

Use banking services ****66%**

**52%

Television ****80%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**10%

Own their home ****95%**

**92%

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 Dingelpota?

■ Dingelpota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1226**

**969

Working population ****34.4%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 80.1% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (14%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 365 (66%) · **■** Marginal 53 (10%)

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 Sonarpur

- Kantipota1,718 people
- Nabhasan1,712 people
- Metiari1,674 people
- Jagadishpur1,660 people
- Chak Kolarkhal1,513 people
- Jardaha1,457 people
- Joyenpur1,396 people
- Kharki1,288 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dingelpota?1,614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dingelpota in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dingelpota?85.2% (Census 2011)