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

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Dakshin Gultia

Dakshin Gultia is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **745 people in 191 households**, the 97th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 745people (2011)
- 191households
- 83.5%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gultia

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gultia in 2011, 81 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Gultia · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**36%

Tap water ****75%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**25%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**81%

Use banking services ****26%**

**49%

Television ****41%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gultia?

■ Dakshin Gultia · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**952

Working population ****53.6%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 76.2% for women. 70% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (45%) · **■** Household industry 77 (19%) · **■** Other work 65 (16%) · **■** Marginal 67 (17%)

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

- Ramchandrapur816 people
- Khanda Kshetra793 people
- Beli770 people
- Bhimpur745 people
- Krishnapur745 people
- Jagalgari719 people
- Kaparpur693 people
- Mukundapur678 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gultia?745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gultia in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gultia?83.5% (Census 2011)