# Dakshinabad Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Dakshinabad

Dakshinabad is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **459 people in 88 households**, the 94th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 459people (2011)
- 88households
- 82.8%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinabad

Of every 100 households in Dakshinabad in 2011, 42 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshinabad · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**90%

Tap water ****100%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****68%**

**57%

Television ****56%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**29%

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 Dakshinabad?

■ Dakshinabad · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**940

Working population ****44.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 73.4% for women. 66% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 77 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (43%) · **■** Other work 40 (19%)

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 Khatra

- Mirgi Pahari489 people
- Dhagara484 people
- Pitha Baid481 people
- Tilabani468 people
- Mukut Manipur447 people
- Dhabani435 people
- Parkul427 people
- Kapila415 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinabad?459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinabad in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinabad?82.8% (Census 2011)