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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Daribas

Daribas is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **203 people in 47 households**, the 117th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 203people (2011)
- 47households
- 61.5%literacy
- 781females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Daribas

Of every 100 households in Daribas in 2011, 40 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Daribas · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****98%**

**36%

Television ****19%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Daribas?

■ Daribas · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****781**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**930

Working population ****63.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.0% for men and 52.7% for women. 74% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (19%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 60 (47%)

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

- Hat Dhar Dharia250 people
- Chhota Kharkharia240 people
- Chhat Nijtaraf239 people
- Vitar Fulkar Dabria Kharkhar237 people
- Dakshin Jamaldaha Balapukharia201 people
- Madhya Upanchauki Kuchlibari200 people
- Dakshin Dhulia Baldiahati193 people
- Uttar Uchal Pukhari193 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Daribas?203 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Daribas in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Daribas?61.5% (Census 2011)