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

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Dakshin Sankarpur

Dakshin Sankarpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,094 people in 244 households**, the 113th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,094people (2011)
- 244households
- 74.7%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sankarpur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Sankarpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**48%

Tap water ****2%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****26%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Sankarpur?

■ Dakshin Sankarpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**962

Working population ****54.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 67.3% for women. 67% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 338 (57%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (8%) · **■** Marginal 104 (18%)

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

- Dharampur1,115 people
- Deluara1,114 people
- Baharampur1,112 people
- Ghana Shyampur1,101 people
- Uttar Sankarpur1,090 people
- Chhota Khanpur1,083 people
- Kankrakuli1,075 people
- Basipur1,062 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Sankarpur?1,094 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sankarpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sankarpur?74.7% (Census 2011)