# Dakshin Gauripur Village, Tapan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Gauripur

Dakshin Gauripur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **713 people in 161 households**, the 125th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 713people (2011)
- 161households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gauripur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Gauripur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****61%**

**26%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Gauripur?

■ Dakshin Gauripur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**954

Working population ****32.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 74.3% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (18%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 10 (4%)

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 Tapan

- Anatair736 people
- Jadubati724 people
- Aichanda719 people
- Durgapur714 people
- Chandipur700 people
- Kamdebbati698 people
- Nischinta696 people
- Shribai695 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gauripur?713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gauripur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gauripur?75.6% (Census 2011)