# Dakshin Mahendrapur Village, Harischandrapur - I – Population

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Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah 

# Dakshin Mahendrapur

Dakshin Mahendrapur is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,571 people in 1,264 households**, the 4th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.

- 5,571people (2011)
- 1,264households
- 52.1%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mahendrapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mahendrapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Mahendrapur · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**41%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****16%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahendrapur?

■ Dakshin Mahendrapur · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.1%**

**52.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**954

Working population ****33.7%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.0% for men and 47.8% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 255 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (28%) · **■** Household industry 95 (5%) · **■** Other work 366 (19%) · **■** Marginal 643 (34%)

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 Harishchandrapur5,365 people
- Kusidha4,560 people
- Bairat4,412 people
- Gangnadia4,316 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 Mahendrapur?5,571 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mahendrapur in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mahendrapur?52.1% (Census 2011)