# Dakshin Nagar Village, Domkal, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Domkal, Murshidabad 

# Dakshin Nagar

Dakshin Nagar is a village in Domkal sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,364 people in 847 households**, the 34th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 3,364people (2011)
- 847households
- 58.5%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Nagar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Nagar in 2011, 28 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Nagar · ■ Domkal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**22%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Nagar?

■ Dakshin Nagar · ■ Domkal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**962

Working population ****36.8%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.0% for men and 59.0% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 207 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 350 (28%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 134 (11%) · **■** Marginal 527 (43%)

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 Domkal

- Kata Kopra3,977 people
- Debottar Lakshminarayanpur3,973 people
- Domkal3,914 people
- Ganra Baria3,658 people
- Hari Sankarpur3,341 people
- Azimganjagola3,322 people
- Pairmari3,293 people
- Srikrishnapur3,292 people

[All 87 villages in Domkal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/domkal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Nagar?3,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Nagar in?Murshidabad district (Domkal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Nagar?58.5% (Census 2011)