# Dakshin Deogaon Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Deogaon

Dakshin Deogaon is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,242 people in 745 households**, the 42nd largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 3,242people (2011)
- 745households
- 67.2%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Deogaon

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Deogaon in 2011, 16 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Deogaon · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**78%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****11%**

**20%

Television ****13%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**90%

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 Deogaon?

■ Dakshin Deogaon · ■ Falakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**941

Working population ****39.6%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 64.2% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 365 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 572 (45%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 85 (7%) · **■** Marginal 259 (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 Falakata

- Uttar Deogaon3,625 people
- Sarugaon Tea Garden3,424 people
- Baradoba3,414 people
- Chengmaritari3,279 people
- Madhya Deogaon3,156 people
- Mechhua Dhurabala Bathan3,128 people
- Ghatpar Sarugram3,063 people
- Guabar Nagar2,981 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Deogaon?3,242 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Deogaon in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Deogaon?67.2% (Census 2011)