# Dakshinal Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshinal

Dakshinal is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,696 people in 598 households**, the 26th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,696people (2011)
- 598households
- 59.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinal

Of every 100 households in Dakshinal in 2011, 2 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dakshinal · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshinal?

■ Dakshinal · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**955

Working population ****43.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 49.1% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 341 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 433 (37%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (11%) · **■** Marginal 258 (22%)

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 Itahar

- Pajol2,963 people
- Bhabanipur Bejpukur2,832 people
- Mahamadpur2,826 people
- Para2,704 people
- Parergram2,685 people
- Chandanpur2,640 people
- Kamalai2,632 people
- Phkhuria2,466 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinal?2,696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinal in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinal?59.3% (Census 2011)