# Dakshin Gram Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Dakshin Gram

Dakshin Gram is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **777 people in 187 households**, the 88th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 777people (2011)
- 187households
- 69.9%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gram

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gram in 2011, 48 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Gram · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****74%**

**58%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**37%

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 Gram?

■ Dakshin Gram · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**965

Working population ****43.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 63.7% for women. 64% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (56%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (18%) · **■** Marginal 37 (11%)

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 Nabagram

- Kethor868 people
- Jurankandi847 people
- Karai839 people
- Gramdighi820 people
- Mahadipur725 people
- Daspara722 people
- Tiknara658 people
- Brahmapur639 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gram?777 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gram in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gram?69.9% (Census 2011)