# Dakshin Gram Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Gram

Dakshin Gram is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,589 people in 616 households**, the 17th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,589people (2011)
- 616households
- 65.5%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gram

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gram in 2011, 47 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Gram · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**55%

Television ****20%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Gram?

■ Dakshin Gram · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**975

Working population ****34.6%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 58.6% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 482 (54%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 154 (17%) · **■** Marginal 152 (17%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Sonj2,875 people
- Goala2,712 people
- Madian2,626 people
- Bajitpur2,611 people
- Ghoshgram2,540 people
- Gazipur2,479 people
- Taloan2,409 people
- Bahina2,390 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gram?2,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gram in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gram?65.5% (Census 2011)