# Dakshin Harishchandrapur Village, Harischandrapur - I

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Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah 

# Dakshin Harishchandrapur

Dakshin Harishchandrapur is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,365 people in 1,086 households**, the 5th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.

- 5,365people (2011)
- 1,086households
- 42.7%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Harishchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Harishchandrapur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Harishchandrapur · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**77%

Tap water ****5%**

**18%

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

**41%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**24%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Harishchandrapur?

■ Dakshin Harishchandrapur · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.7%**

**52.5%

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

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**954

Working population ****34.0%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.1% for men and 41.3% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 325 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 707 (39%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 382 (21%) · **■** Marginal 382 (21%)

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 Harischandrapur - I

- Uttar Harishchandrapur15,443 people
- Rangaipur6,002 people
- Uttar Rampur5,575 people
- Dakshin Mahendrapur5,571 people
- Kusidha4,560 people
- Bairat4,412 people
- Gangnadia4,316 people
- Srichandrapur4,250 people

[All 105 villages in Harischandrapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Harishchandrapur?5,365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Harishchandrapur in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Harishchandrapur?42.7% (Census 2011)