# Dakshin Dhakuria Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Dakshin Dhakuria

Dakshin Dhakuria is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,457 people in 573 households**, the 47th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 2,457people (2011)
- 573households
- 70.9%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dhakuria

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dhakuria in 2011, 16 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Dhakuria · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**15%

Tap water ****22%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**80%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****14%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**20%

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 Dhakuria?

■ Dakshin Dhakuria · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**956

Working population ****37.2%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 66.4% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 239 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 535 (58%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 67 (7%) · **■** Marginal 65 (7%)

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 Ranaghat - II

- Doluabari2,613 people
- Hudapatila2,569 people
- Gourisail2,507 people
- Purbanagar2,497 people
- Uzirpukuria2,455 people
- Dubli2,433 people
- Panchbaria2,432 people
- Nathkura2,370 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Dhakuria?2,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dhakuria in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dhakuria?70.9% (Census 2011)