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

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Jharalta

Dakshin Jharalta is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,444 people in 777 households**, the 50th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 3,444people (2011)
- 777households
- 72.9%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Jharalta

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Jharalta in 2011, 28 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dakshin Jharalta · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**61%

Tap water ****2%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**56%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****83%**

**58%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jharalta?

■ Dakshin Jharalta · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**962

Working population ****36.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 64.4% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 392 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 419 (34%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (14%) · **■** Marginal 248 (20%)

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

- Fataktari3,697 people
- Niranjanpat3,671 people
- Bhemtia3,607 people
- Purbba Altagram3,490 people
- Palasbari Tea Garden3,312 people
- Madhya Daukimari3,257 people
- Jhar Magurmari3,239 people
- Uttar Gosairhat3,230 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Jharalta?3,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Jharalta in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Jharalta?72.9% (Census 2011)