# Dakshin Khalna Village, Amta - II, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Amta - II, Haora 

# Dakshin Khalna

Dakshin Khalna is a village in Amta - II sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,701 people in 1,219 households**, the 5th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.2%.

- 5,701people (2011)
- 1,219households
- 80.2%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Khalna

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Khalna in 2011, 65 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Khalna · ■ Amta - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**39%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**87%

Use banking services ****39%**

**31%

Television ****43%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Khalna?

■ Dakshin Khalna · ■ Amta - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**81.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1005**

**971

Working population ****34.4%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 76.0% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (10%) · **■** Household industry 109 (6%) · **■** Other work 1,072 (55%) · **■** Marginal 490 (25%)

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 Amta - II

- Jaypur9,023 people
- Dakshin Bhatora8,854 people
- Tajpur6,806 people
- Nawapara5,815 people
- Sarda5,677 people
- Jhikhira5,421 people
- Uttar Bhatora5,370 people
- Kakrol5,258 people

[All 66 villages in Amta - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/amta-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Khalna?5,701 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Khalna in?Haora district (Amta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Khalna?80.2% (Census 2011)