# Dakshin Sarai Village, Habra - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Habra - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Sarai

Dakshin Sarai is a village in Habra - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,285 people in 1,165 households**, the 9th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 5,285people (2011)
- 1,165households
- 76.6%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sarai

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sarai in 2011, 52 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dakshin Sarai · ■ Habra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**13%

Tap water ****13%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**88%

Use banking services ****39%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Sarai?

■ Dakshin Sarai · ■ Habra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**943

Working population ****36.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 76.4% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 178 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (8%) · **■** Household industry 47 (2%) · **■** Other work 601 (31%) · **■** Marginal 962 (50%)

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 Habra - I

- Rajballabhpur6,909 people
- Mahisha Machhlandapur6,488 people
- Kashipur5,877 people
- Kumra5,410 people
- Krishna Nagar5,187 people
- Marakpur5,053 people
- Lakshmipul4,238 people
- Gohalbati4,187 people

[All 55 villages in Habra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/habra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Sarai?5,285 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sarai in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Habra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sarai?76.6% (Census 2011)