# Dakshin Chengmari Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Chengmari

Dakshin Chengmari is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,779 people in 888 households**, the 20th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 3,779people (2011)
- 888households
- 67.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Chengmari

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Chengmari in 2011, 20 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Chengmari · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**40%

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

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**22%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**82%

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 Chengmari?

■ Dakshin Chengmari · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1202**

**947

Working population ****45.4%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 59.4% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 397 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 599 (35%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 222 (13%) · **■** Marginal 488 (28%)

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 Kumargram

- Telipara4,139 people
- Bhalka3,946 people
- Purbba Narathali3,882 people
- Dakhin Kamakhyaguri3,824 people
- Chuota Daldali3,756 people
- Pukharigaon3,673 people
- Rahimabad Tea Garden3,570 people
- Ghaksapara3,130 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Chengmari?3,779 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Chengmari in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Chengmari?67.1% (Census 2011)