# Dakshin Jamalpur Village, Tapan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Jamalpur

Dakshin Jamalpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **952 people in 221 households**, the 84th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 952people (2011)
- 221households
- 93.0%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Jamalpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Jamalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****51%**

**26%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jamalpur?

■ Dakshin Jamalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**954

Working population ****44.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 93.1% for women. 49% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 157 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 142 (33%)

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

- Sihur980 people
- Chak Prabhuram962 people
- Dakhalain962 people
- Badalpur960 people
- Sankair945 people
- Bunail930 people
- Hosen Pur919 people
- Haribansipur900 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Jamalpur?952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Jamalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Jamalpur?93.0% (Census 2011)