# Dakshin Malikapur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Dakshin Malikapur

Dakshin Malikapur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **562 people in 133 households**, the 178th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 562people (2011)
- 133households
- 70.0%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Malikapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Malikapur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Malikapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****46%**

**58%

Television ****8%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Malikapur?

■ Dakshin Malikapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**962

Working population ****45.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 57.8% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%) · **■** Marginal 222 (86%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Rahia609 people
- Telekona604 people
- Purbba Narayanpur590 people
- Jadupur566 people
- Balagari548 people
- Jhuma532 people
- Uttar Basudebpur532 people
- Masuria530 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Malikapur?562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Malikapur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Malikapur?70.0% (Census 2011)