Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Dakshin Charuigachhi

Dakshin Charuigachhi is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,715 people in 410 households, the 85th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.
- 1,715 people (2011)
- 410 households
- 83.0% literacy
- 949 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Charuigachhi

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Charuigachhi in 2011, 15 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dakshin Charuigachhi · ■ Bongaon rural average
- Electricity for lighting 15% 42%
- Toilet within the home 54% 78%
- No toilet (open defecation) 42% 19%
- Tap water 2% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 18% 56%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 13% 38%
- Television 11% 24%
- Mobile phone 24% 45%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 6% 3%
- None of these assets 29% 22%
- Own their home 96% 97%

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

## What is the population of Dakshin Charuigachhi?

■ Dakshin Charuigachhi · ■ Bongaon rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 83.0% 79.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 949 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 987 962
- Working population 32.0% 36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 75.9% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 243 (44%) · ■ Farm labourers 227 (41%) · ■ Household industry 9 (2%) · ■ Other work 63 (11%) · ■ Marginal 7 (1%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bongaon
- Sholka Durgapur 1,756 people
- Shimulia 1,745 people
- Unai 1,740 people
- Chinili 1,736 people
- Bairampur 1,684 people
- Shrimantapur 1,684 people
- Mahatpur 1,682 people
- Dwarbasini 1,668 people

All 150 villages in Bongaon

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Charuigachhi? 1,715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Charuigachhi in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Charuigachhi? 83.0% (Census 2011)

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