# Dakshin Kanakpur, Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Kanakpur

Dakshin Kanakpur is a village in [Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/) sub-district of [North Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,547 people in 353 households**, the 97th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,547people (2011)
- 353households
- 72.5%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kanakpur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kanakpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**38%

Television ****9%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kanakpur?

■ Dakshin Kanakpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**962

Working population ****33.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 68.3% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 281 (54%) · **■** Household industry 44 (8%) · **■** Other work 102 (20%) · **■** Marginal 38 (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 Bongaon

- Shukpukuria1,615 people
- Naoda1,604 people
- Saishpur1,603 people
- Kharua Rajapur1,591 people
- Natidanga1,543 people
- Shubha Ratnapur1,532 people
- Madhabpur1,478 people
- Dakshin Jiala1,458 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kanakpur?1,547 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kanakpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kanakpur?72.5% (Census 2011)