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

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Majhgram

Dakshin Majhgram is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,982 people in 672 households**, the 40th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,982people (2011)
- 672households
- 65.1%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Majhgram

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Majhgram in 2011, 18 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Majhgram · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**70%

Tap water ****9%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**29%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Majhgram?

■ Dakshin Majhgram · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**970

Working population ****41.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 57.2% for women. 57% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 133 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (8%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 627 (51%) · **■** Marginal 361 (29%)

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

- Kodalkati3,067 people
- Uttar Hanskhali3,049 people
- Haihai Pathar Tea Garden I3,030 people
- Nipuchhapur Tea Garden2,999 people
- Sisubari Tea Garden2,932 people
- Chak Maulani2,776 people
- Dakshin Saripakuri2,679 people
- Nipuchhapur2,521 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Majhgram?2,982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Majhgram in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Majhgram?65.1% (Census 2011)