# Dakshin Durgapur Village, Kalna - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - II, Barddhaman 

# Dakshin Durgapur

Dakshin Durgapur is a village in Kalna - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,438 people in 326 households**, the 47th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,438people (2011)
- 326households
- 78.2%literacy
- 1,075females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Durgapur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**55%

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

**53%

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

**46%

Tap water ****6%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****79%**

**62%

Television ****32%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Durgapur?

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**963

Working population ****43.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 72.7% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 165 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (17%) · **■** Marginal 252 (40%)

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 Kalna - II

- Hasanhati1,475 people
- Noara1,472 people
- Tala1,461 people
- Agradaha1,439 people
- Patilpara1,423 people
- Arjuna1,393 people
- Kanibamni1,393 people
- Banshai1,322 people

[All 112 villages in Kalna - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Durgapur?1,438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Durgapur in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Durgapur?78.2% (Census 2011)