Village · Khargram, Murshidabad
# Dakshin Raypur

Dakshin Raypur is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,381 people in 343 households, the 73rd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.
- 1,381 people (2011)
- 343 households
- 65.9% literacy
- 940 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Raypur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Raypur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Raypur · ■ Khargram rural average
- Electricity for lighting 43% 26%
- Toilet within the home 12% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 82%
- Tap water 1% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 13% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 95%
- Use banking services 21% 27%
- Television 23% 14%
- Mobile phone 16% 20%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 34% 53%
- Own their home 99% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakshin Raypur?

■ Dakshin Raypur · ■ Khargram rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 65.9% 63.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 940 959
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 812 960
- Working population 32.6% 32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 60.0% for women. 61% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 150 (33%) · ■ Farm labourers 210 (47%) · ■ Other work 72 (16%) · ■ Marginal 18 (4%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Khargram
- Bathur 1,472 people
- Ratanpur Arazi 1,427 people
- Amjua 1,422 people
- Desalpur 1,387 people
- Atgharia 1,332 people
- Dangapara 1,303 people
- Goai 1,293 people
- Podda 1,273 people

All 155 villages in Khargram

## Other places named Dakshin Raypur
- Dakshin Raypur · Town, South Twenty Four Parganas · 14,076 people
- Dakshin Raypur · Village, Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas · 9,858 people
- Dakshin Raypur · Village, Kaliachak - I, Maldah · 6,442 people
- Dakshin Raypur · Village, Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas · 627 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Raypur? 1,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Raypur in? Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Raypur? 65.9% (Census 2011)

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