# Dakshin Rasulpur Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Dakshin Rasulpur

Dakshin Rasulpur is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,992 people in 704 households**, the 21st largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,992people (2011)
- 704households
- 73.7%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Rasulpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Rasulpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Rasulpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**88%

Use banking services ****76%**

**42%

Television ****28%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Rasulpur?

■ Dakshin Rasulpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****732**

**959

Working population ****39.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 68.4% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (6%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 563 (48%) · **■** Marginal 490 (42%)

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 Arambag

- Balundi3,300 people
- Para Bagnan3,273 people
- Puin3,202 people
- Hayatpur3,010 people
- Chandraban2,958 people
- Arandi2,910 people
- Hat Basantapur2,878 people
- Ramnagar2,852 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Rasulpur?2,992 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Rasulpur in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Rasulpur?73.7% (Census 2011)