# Kakoti Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kakoti

Kakoti is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **963 people in 225 households**, the 60th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 963people (2011)
- 225households
- 76.5%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakoti

Of every 100 households in Kakoti in 2011, 46 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kakoti · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**25%

Television ****13%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kakoti?

■ Kakoti · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**951

Working population ****31.2%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 75.5% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (33%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 53 (18%)

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 Kumarganj

- Palashi998 people
- Shyamnagar993 people
- Amritapur992 people
- Subarnasahid968 people
- Biprabhag952 people
- Katakol943 people
- Badangina930 people
- Dakshin Ramkrishnapur923 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakoti?963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakoti in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kakoti?76.5% (Census 2011)