# Dakshin Handipur Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Handipur

Dakshin Handipur is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,014 people in 226 households**, the 62nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,014people (2011)
- 226households
- 75.8%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Handipur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Handipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Handipur · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**77%

Use banking services ****34%**

**51%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Handipur?

■ Dakshin Handipur · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1516**

**980

Working population ****45.5%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 64.2% for women. 68% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (53%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 38 (8%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Rengna1,067 people
- Sija1,031 people
- Belsara1,023 people
- Thapgaon1,022 people
- Gobindapur1,007 people
- Majhgram995 people
- Bishalpur987 people
- Gundoba986 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Handipur?1,014 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Handipur in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Handipur?75.8% (Census 2011)