# Dakshin Bokna Bandha Village, Mekliganj – Population

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Dakshin Bokna Bandha

Dakshin Bokna Bandha is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,539 people in 579 households**, the 13th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,539people (2011)
- 579households
- 70.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bokna Bandha

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bokna Bandha in 2011, 2 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Bokna Bandha · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**74%

Tap water ****26%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****33%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bokna Bandha?

■ Dakshin Bokna Bandha · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**930

Working population ****34.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 59.0% for women. 52% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 374 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 251 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 77 (9%) · **■** Marginal 176 (20%)

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 Mekliganj

- Bara Nijtaraf2,868 people
- Uttar Andaran Kuchlibari2,771 people
- Uttar Kharkharia2,677 people
- Sarhati2,549 people
- Dakshin Alokjhari2,360 people
- Jamal Dahahat2,304 people
- Jamaldaha2,242 people
- Dora Dabri2,157 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Bokna Bandha?2,539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bokna Bandha in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bokna Bandha?70.2% (Census 2011)