# Dakshin Barajhar Forest Village, Alipurduar - I – Population

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Village · Alipurduar - I, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Barajhar Forest

Dakshin Barajhar Forest is a village in Alipurduar - I sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,208 people in 261 households**, the 43rd largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 1,208people (2011)
- 261households
- 64.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Barajhar Forest

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Barajhar Forest in 2011, 67 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Barajhar Forest · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**54%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**74%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**20%

Television ****33%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**28%

Own their home ****87%**

**91%

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 Barajhar Forest?

■ Dakshin Barajhar Forest · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**963

Working population ****46.2%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 56.6% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (11%) · **■** Marginal 242 (43%)

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 Alipurduar - I

- Uttar Simlabari1,430 people
- Uttar Chakoakheti1,399 people
- Purba Simlabari1,370 people
- Paschim Simlabari1,361 people
- Jaldapara1,098 people
- Parpatla Khawa620 people
- Salkumar Forest334 people
- Torsa Forest219 people

[All 47 villages in Alipurduar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Barajhar Forest?1,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Barajhar Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Barajhar Forest?64.8% (Census 2011)