# Dakshin Madarihat Village, Madarihat, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Madarihat, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Madarihat

Dakshin Madarihat is a village in Madarihat sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,453 people in 558 households**, the 25th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 2,453people (2011)
- 558households
- 72.2%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Madarihat

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Madarihat in 2011, 48 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Madarihat · ■ Madarihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**59%

Tap water ****10%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**33%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****20%**

**38%

Television ****26%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**32%

Own their home ****87%**

**63%

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 Madarihat?

■ Dakshin Madarihat · ■ Madarihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**974

Working population ****36.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 66.2% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 196 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (9%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 423 (47%) · **■** Marginal 194 (21%)

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 Madarihat

- Totopara2,960 people
- Dakshin Khairbari2,825 people
- Jaybirpara Tea Garden2,711 people
- Dheklapara Tea Garden2,643 people
- Uttar Rangali Baznar2,408 people
- Dakshin Sisubari2,219 people
- Uttar Chhekamari2,216 people
- Hoasinbad Tea Garden2,202 people

[All 48 villages in Madarihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/madarihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Madarihat?2,453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Madarihat in?Jalpaiguri district (Madarihat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Madarihat?72.2% (Census 2011)