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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Dakshin Mekliganj

Dakshin Mekliganj is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **627 people in 128 households**, the 67th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 627people (2011)
- 128households
- 66.1%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mekliganj

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mekliganj in 2011, 0 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Mekliganj · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**36%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Mekliganj?

■ Dakshin Mekliganj · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**930

Working population ****29.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 57.4% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (13%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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

- Purbba Gopalpur655 people
- Bara Panisala652 people
- Bara Kuchlibari639 people
- Dwarikkamari631 people
- Kuchlibari610 people
- Dakshin Fulkardabri Kharkharia604 people
- Purba Kamat Changrabandha604 people
- Fulkardabri Bajejama590 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Mekliganj?627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mekliganj in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mekliganj?66.1% (Census 2011)