# Dakshin Chandipur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Dakshin Chandipur

Dakshin Chandipur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,804 people in 1,304 households**, the 17th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 5,804people (2011)
- 1,304households
- 48.9%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Chandipur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Chandipur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**74%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**49%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**85%

Use banking services ****22%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****72%**

**51%

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 Chandipur?

■ Dakshin Chandipur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**950

Working population ****37.5%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 39.5% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 269 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 368 (17%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 190 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,340 (62%)

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 Manikchak

- Purbba Saidpur6,883 people
- Chandipurmal6,799 people
- Naobarar Jaigir6,632 people
- Kamalpur6,519 people
- Paschim Narayanpur5,542 people
- Salabatganj4,744 people
- Narayanpur4,072 people
- Lalbathani4,067 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Chandipur?5,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Chandipur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Chandipur?48.9% (Census 2011)