# Dakshin Uchal Pukhari Village, Mekliganj – Population

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Dakshin Uchal Pukhari

Dakshin Uchal Pukhari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,224 people in 294 households**, the 29th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,224people (2011)
- 294households
- 70.1%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Uchal Pukhari

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Uchal Pukhari in 2011, 1 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 Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**14%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**36%

Television ****10%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**38%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Uchal Pukhari?

■ Dakshin Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**930

Working population ****29.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 61.9% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 243 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (20%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 34 (9%)

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

- Brahmattar Kuchlibari1,595 people
- Bagdokara1,453 people
- Kharija Jamaldaha1,331 people
- Andaran Nijtaraf1,264 people
- Uttar Dhulia Khalisa1,217 people
- Madhya Jamaldaha1,187 people
- Andaran Panisala1,144 people
- Fulkardabri Kharkharia1,122 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Uchal Pukhari?1,224 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Uchal Pukhari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Uchal Pukhari?70.1% (Census 2011)