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

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Kalamati

Dakshin Kalamati is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,539 people in 345 households**, the 70th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,539people (2011)
- 345households
- 64.9%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kalamati

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kalamati in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kalamati · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**67%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**68%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kalamati?

■ Dakshin Kalamati · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**940

Working population ****43.7%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 56.2% for women. 57% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 197 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (25%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (11%) · **■** Marginal 237 (35%)

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

- Paschim Baragila1,873 people
- Paschim Salbari1,821 people
- Uttar Putimari1,806 people
- Gartali Jalpes1,696 people
- Kajaldighi1,514 people
- Domohani1,507 people
- Madhabdanga1,423 people
- Purba Sisuabari1,353 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kalamati?1,539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kalamati in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kalamati?64.9% (Census 2011)