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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Dakshin Nijtaraf

Dakshin Nijtaraf is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,007 people in 234 households**, the 40th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,007people (2011)
- 234households
- 44.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Nijtaraf

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Nijtaraf in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nijtaraf?

■ Dakshin Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**930

Working population ****50.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.0% for men and 39.8% for women. 60% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 217 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 183 (36%)

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

- Panisala Dwitia Khanda1,078 people
- Dakshin Fulkardabri1,063 people
- Uttar Fulkar Dabri Bajejama1,049 people
- Fulkardabri1,044 people
- Bhotbari993 people
- Madhya Panisala981 people
- Kharija Gopalpur979 people
- Purbba Upanchauki Kuchlibari972 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Nijtaraf?1,007 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Nijtaraf in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Nijtaraf?44.2% (Census 2011)