# Dakshinpara Village, Hanskhali, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Hanskhali, Nadia 

# Dakshinpara

Dakshinpara is a village in Hanskhali sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,336 people in 2,104 households**, the 5th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 8,336people (2011)
- 2,104households
- 81.7%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinpara

Of every 100 households in Dakshinpara in 2011, 61 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshinpara · ■ Hanskhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****26%**

**39%

Television ****29%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**20%

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 Dakshinpara?

■ Dakshinpara · ■ Hanskhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**944

Working population ****35.7%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 78.2% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 790 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 843 (28%) · **■** Household industry 66 (2%) · **■** Other work 840 (28%) · **■** Marginal 438 (15%)

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 Hanskhali

- Jaypur13,437 people
- Muragachha12,336 people
- Gobindapur12,300 people
- Payradanda9,710 people
- Garapota8,068 people
- Chupria8,021 people
- Bhayna7,344 people
- Paschim Harindanga6,042 people

[All 78 villages in Hanskhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/hanskhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinpara?8,336 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinpara in?Nadia district (Hanskhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinpara?81.7% (Census 2011)