# Dakshin Harsura Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Harsura

Dakshin Harsura is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **764 people in 174 households**, the 117th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 764people (2011)
- 174households
- 72.4%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Harsura

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Harsura in 2011, 39 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Harsura · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****43%**

**26%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Harsura?

■ Dakshin Harsura · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1541**

**954

Working population ****53.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 68.8% for women. 60% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 236 (58%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (7%) · **■** Marginal 46 (11%)

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

- Budhatch778 people
- Erenda777 people
- Dinagar771 people
- Telighata Bhabanipur770 people
- Daing753 people
- Mahanaj749 people
- Sankarbati740 people
- Anatair736 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Harsura?764 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Harsura in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Harsura?72.4% (Census 2011)