# Dakshin Altagram Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Altagram

Dakshin Altagram is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,975 people in 876 households**, the 39th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 3,975people (2011)
- 876households
- 67.5%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Altagram

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Altagram in 2011, 12 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Altagram · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****78%**

**58%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**78%

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 Altagram?

■ Dakshin Altagram · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**962

Working population ****40.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 62.3% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 369 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 609 (38%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 260 (16%) · **■** Marginal 353 (22%)

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 Dhupguri

- Kalirhat4,280 people
- Red Bank Tea Garden4,114 people
- Diana Tea Garden4,097 people
- Uttar Khuttimari4,044 people
- Sajnapara3,974 people
- Purba Duramari3,747 people
- Purbba Dangapara3,747 people
- Paschim Mallikpara3,737 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Altagram?3,975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Altagram in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Altagram?67.5% (Census 2011)