# Dakshin Nagar Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Nagar

Dakshin Nagar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **267 people in 62 households**, the 238th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 267people (2011)
- 62households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,102females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Nagar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Nagar in 2011, 55 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Nagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****27%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

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 Nagar?

■ Dakshin Nagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****53.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 74.8% for women. 57% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 12 (8%) · **■** Marginal 85 (59%)

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 Balurghat

- Kismat Jasahar280 people
- Chandipur277 people
- Kasipur277 people
- Barakhail273 people
- Bikuch264 people
- Chiknaikuri258 people
- Dasarai258 people
- Majhina254 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Nagar?267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Nagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Nagar?80.3% (Census 2011)