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

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Sakojhora

Dakshin Sakojhora is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,940 people in 445 households**, the 83rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 1,940people (2011)
- 445households
- 72.6%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sakojhora

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sakojhora in 2011, 4 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Sakojhora · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**61%

Tap water ****12%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**56%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****71%**

**58%

Television ****5%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sakojhora?

■ Dakshin Sakojhora · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1155**

**962

Working population ****40.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 62.2% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 228 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 329 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (6%) · **■** Marginal 169 (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

- Chauhaddi2,205 people
- Gadhear Kuti2,048 people
- Uttar Shalbari2,010 people
- Sonakhuli1,950 people
- Paschim Dangapara1,864 people
- Gadang Dwitia Khanda1,762 people
- Garakhuta1,745 people
- Pundibari1,491 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Sakojhora?1,940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sakojhora in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sakojhora?72.6% (Census 2011)