# Dakshin Dangapara Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Dangapara

Dakshin Dangapara is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,938 people in 689 households**, the 40th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,938people (2011)
- 689households
- 71.8%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dangapara

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dangapara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Dangapara · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**67%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**68%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**22%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**31%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Dangapara?

■ Dakshin Dangapara · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**940

Working population ****32.7%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 63.4% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 311 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 125 (13%) · **■** Marginal 141 (15%)

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 Maynaguri

- Nirendrapur3,097 people
- Purbba Salbari3,081 people
- Gaurgram3,016 people
- Barnes2,983 people
- Bhangarhat2,933 people
- Brahmapur2,883 people
- Satvendi2,847 people
- Bhangamali2,842 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Dangapara?2,938 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dangapara in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dangapara?71.8% (Census 2011)