# Dakshin Khalpara Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Khalpara

Dakshin Khalpara is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,124 people in 652 households**, the 34th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 3,124people (2011)
- 652households
- 57.5%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Khalpara

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Khalpara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Khalpara · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**37%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**29%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**62%

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 Khalpara?

■ Dakshin Khalpara · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**970

Working population ****37.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 52.2% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 448 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (15%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 168 (14%) · **■** Marginal 382 (32%)

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 Mal

- New Clenco Tea Garden3,428 people
- Nichchalsa3,364 people
- Damdimhat3,190 people
- Purbba Dolaicaon3,144 people
- Uttar Majhgram3,092 people
- Kodalkati3,067 people
- Uttar Hanskhali3,049 people
- Haihai Pathar Tea Garden I3,030 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Khalpara?3,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Khalpara in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Khalpara?57.5% (Census 2011)