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

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Dangapara

Dakshin Dangapara is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,038 people in 730 households**, the 63rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 3,038people (2011)
- 730households
- 75.7%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dangapara

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dangapara in 2011, 13 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Dangapara · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**37%

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

**61%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**56%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**58%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**30%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Dangapara?

■ Dakshin Dangapara · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**962

Working population ****43.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 68.0% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 380 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 403 (30%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 116 (9%) · **■** Marginal 416 (31%)

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

- Chamtimukhi3,155 people
- Char Charabari3,154 people
- Kathapara3,111 people
- Uttar Kathulia3,064 people
- Bhandani2,968 people
- Parkumlai2,901 people
- Chanadipa2,867 people
- Paschim Daukimari2,840 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Dangapara?3,038 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dangapara in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dangapara?75.7% (Census 2011)