# Dakshinpara Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Dakshinpara

Dakshinpara is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,123 people in 525 households**, the 34th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 2,123people (2011)
- 525households
- 81.0%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinpara

Of every 100 households in Dakshinpara in 2011, 41 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshinpara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**50%

Tap water ****76%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**86%

Use banking services ****48%**

**56%

Television ****31%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**14%

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

**1%

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

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dakshinpara?

■ Dakshinpara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**942

Working population ****40.3%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 74.4% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 25 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (15%) · **■** Household industry 141 (16%) · **■** Other work 512 (60%) · **■** Marginal 45 (5%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Sugandha2,250 people
- Paschim Sikta2,204 people
- Kunchpala2,187 people
- Satithan2,142 people
- Ayma Haripur2,086 people
- Komdhara2,049 people
- Jarura2,041 people
- Ramnathpur2,023 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinpara?2,123 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinpara in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinpara?81.0% (Census 2011)