# Dakshin Hemkumari Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Dakshin Hemkumari

Dakshin Hemkumari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **460 people in 115 households**, the 87th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 460people (2011)
- 115households
- 57.9%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Hemkumari

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Hemkumari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Hemkumari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****74%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**38%

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 Hemkumari?

■ Dakshin Hemkumari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****611**

**930

Working population ****32.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 54.3% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (28%) · **■** Other work 11 (7%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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

- Paschim Dhulia Baldiahati498 people
- Uttar Kamat Changrabandha497 people
- Chhota Panisala488 people
- Chhat Kamat Changrabandha471 people
- Madhya Fulkardabri Kharkharia442 people
- Uttar Panisala416 people
- Madhya Dhulia Khalisa409 people
- Purbba Patchhara Gopalpur407 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Hemkumari?460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Hemkumari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Hemkumari?57.9% (Census 2011)