# Dakshin Durgapur Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Dakshin Durgapur

Dakshin Durgapur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,219 people in 796 households**, the 20th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 4,219people (2011)
- 796households
- 56.4%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Durgapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**33%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****9%**

**24%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Durgapur?

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**959

Working population ****27.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 56.9% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (30%) · **■** Other work 49 (4%) · **■** Marginal 595 (52%)

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 Ratua - I

- Sahapur5,005 people
- Asutola4,880 people
- Talparanpur4,618 people
- Bahirkap4,549 people
- Bihari4,183 people
- Lakshmipur4,170 people
- Jannagar4,140 people
- Debipur4,070 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Durgapur?4,219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Durgapur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Durgapur?56.4% (Census 2011)