# Dakshin Dilakash Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Dakshin Dilakash

Dakshin Dilakash is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,171 people in 265 households**, the 66th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,171people (2011)
- 265households
- 89.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dilakash

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dilakash in 2011, 80 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Dilakash · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**36%

Tap water ****46%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**81%

Use banking services ****55%**

**49%

Television ****48%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dilakash?

■ Dakshin Dilakash · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**952

Working population ****37.0%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 84.2% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (8%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 179 (41%) · **■** Marginal 136 (31%)

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 Jangipara

- Chandinagar1,242 people
- Hosenpur1,233 people
- Tara1,217 people
- Arabindapur1,175 people
- Bakcha1,156 people
- Gopalnagar1,106 people
- Mohanpur1,101 people
- Satghara1,093 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Dilakash?1,171 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dilakash in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dilakash?89.5% (Census 2011)