# Dakshin Gouripur Village, Harischandrapur - II – Population

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Village · Harischandrapur - II, Maldah 

# Dakshin Gouripur

Dakshin Gouripur is a village in Harischandrapur - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,758 people in 579 households**, the 33rd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 2,758people (2011)
- 579households
- 60.5%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gouripur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gouripur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Gouripur · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****8%**

**15%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**44%

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 Dakshin Gouripur?

■ Dakshin Gouripur · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**957

Working population ****27.0%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 57.1% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 277 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (25%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 106 (14%) · **■** Marginal 170 (23%)

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

- Surjyapura Tengurpura3,327 people
- Dakshin Bhakuria3,117 people
- Nawapara2,814 people
- Arjuna2,799 people
- Bansdol2,465 people
- Bashat Dhanipara2,445 people
- Sayra2,044 people
- Jalalpur2,029 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 Gouripur?2,758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gouripur in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gouripur?60.5% (Census 2011)