# Dakshin Mahakalguri, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri – Population

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Mahakalguri

Dakshin Mahakalguri is a village in [Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/) sub-district of [Jalpaiguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,787 people in 417 households**, the 56th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,787people (2011)
- 417households
- 82.4%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mahakalguri

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mahakalguri in 2011, 53 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Mahakalguri · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**95%

Use banking services ****75%**

**25%

Television ****31%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Mahakalguri?

■ Dakshin Mahakalguri · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**939

Working population ****35.0%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 75.4% for women. 57% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 201 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 239 (38%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 145 (23%) · **■** Marginal 32 (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 Alipurduar - II

- Purba Khalishamari1,982 people
- Mahakalguri1,917 people
- Nurpur1,860 people
- Chilurghat1,849 people
- Baniadabri1,754 people
- Dakshin Majherdabri1,739 people
- Dakshin Dhalkar1,703 people
- Bhasadabri1,645 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Mahakalguri?1,787 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mahakalguri in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mahakalguri?82.4% (Census 2011)