# Dakshin Bhakuria Village, Harischandrapur - II – Population

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Village · Harischandrapur - II, Maldah 

# Dakshin Bhakuria

Dakshin Bhakuria is a village in Harischandrapur - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,117 people in 588 households**, the 30th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 3,117people (2011)
- 588households
- 50.2%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bhakuria

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bhakuria in 2011, 0 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Bhakuria · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**15%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**44%

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 Dakshin Bhakuria?

■ Dakshin Bhakuria · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**957

Working population ****29.1%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.3% for men and 43.0% for women. 47% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 233 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (28%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (12%) · **■** Marginal 308 (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 - II

- Bhairabpur3,580 people
- Hardam Nagar3,518 people
- Sadlichak3,420 people
- Surjyapura Tengurpura3,327 people
- Nawapara2,814 people
- Arjuna2,799 people
- Dakshin Gouripur2,758 people
- Bansdol2,465 people

[All 74 villages in Harischandrapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Bhakuria?3,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bhakuria in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bhakuria?50.2% (Census 2011)