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

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dakshin Putimari

Dakshin Putimari is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,882 people in 438 households**, the 65th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,882people (2011)
- 438households
- 71.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Putimari

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Putimari in 2011, 8 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Putimari · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**20%

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

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**67%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**68%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**22%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Putimari?

■ Dakshin Putimari · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**940

Working population ****29.4%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 64.6% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 278 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (10%) · **■** Marginal 54 (10%)

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

- Uttar Kalamati2,076 people
- Purbba Harmati1,992 people
- Ramsai1,974 people
- Chat Rarpar1,893 people
- Paschim Baragila1,873 people
- Paschim Salbari1,821 people
- Uttar Putimari1,806 people
- Gartali Jalpes1,696 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Putimari?1,882 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Putimari in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Putimari?71.5% (Census 2011)