# Dakshin Kursamari Village, Cooch Behar - I – Population

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Dakshin Kursamari

Dakshin Kursamari is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **853 people in 212 households**, the 99th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 853people (2011)
- 212households
- 73.4%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kursamari

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kursamari in 2011, 19 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kursamari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**47%

Tap water ****14%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**83%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****72%**

**40%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kursamari?

■ Dakshin Kursamari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**942

Working population ****64.2%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 64.7% for women. 74% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (26%) · **■** Household industry 28 (5%) · **■** Other work 60 (11%) · **■** Marginal 276 (50%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Bhojanpur959 people
- Brahmatara Salbari942 people
- Barapak867 people
- Patpisu858 people
- Purba Phalimari833 people
- Kalakata818 people
- Mainaguri Singijani798 people
- Giriar Kuthi792 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kursamari?853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kursamari in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kursamari?73.4% (Census 2011)