# Dakshin Hajrapur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Hajrapur

Dakshin Hajrapur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **481 people in 113 households**, the 141st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 481people (2011)
- 113households
- 76.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Hajrapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Hajrapur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Hajrapur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****5%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Hajrapur?

■ Dakshin Hajrapur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**961

Working population ****55.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 67.0% for women. 59% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (94%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Sainthia

- Somdanga501 people
- Junedpur500 people
- Kustor499 people
- Sahispur497 people
- Madhupur473 people
- Behira472 people
- Hosenpur472 people
- Bhabanandapur471 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Hajrapur?481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Hajrapur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Hajrapur?76.2% (Census 2011)