# Dwarikamari Khasbas Village, Mekliganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Dwarikamari Khasbas

Dwarikamari Khasbas is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,213 people in 789 households**, the 8th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 3,213people (2011)
- 789households
- 71.5%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dwarikamari Khasbas

Of every 100 households in Dwarikamari Khasbas in 2011, 8 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dwarikamari Khasbas · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**14%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****7%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Dwarikamari Khasbas?

■ Dwarikamari Khasbas · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**930

Working population ****34.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 62.6% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 608 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 200 (18%) · **■** Marginal 63 (6%)

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 Dhulia Baidiahati6,024 people
- Soulmari5,418 people
- Upanchauki Kuchlibari3,936 people
- Tista Nadir Payasti3,706 people
- Bara Nijtaraf2,868 people
- Uttar Andaran Kuchlibari2,771 people
- Uttar Kharkharia2,677 people
- Sarhati2,549 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dwarikamari Khasbas?3,213 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dwarikamari Khasbas in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dwarikamari Khasbas?71.5% (Census 2011)