# Dakshin Bar Village, Daspur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Bar

Dakshin Bar is a village in Daspur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,940 people in 890 households**, the 19th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 3,940people (2011)
- 890households
- 89.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bar in 2011, 73 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Bar · ■ Daspur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**33%

Tap water ****15%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**94%

Use banking services ****66%**

**58%

Television ****31%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bar?

■ Dakshin Bar · ■ Daspur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**943

Working population ****33.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 83.6% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (11%) · **■** Household industry 57 (4%) · **■** Other work 624 (48%) · **■** Marginal 392 (30%)

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 Daspur - II

- Khanjapur4,352 people
- Sitapur4,250 people
- Kamalpur4,124 people
- Khukur Daha4,110 people
- Ramkrishnapur3,796 people
- Dudhkonara3,746 people
- Kashinathpur3,514 people
- Bishnupur3,349 people

[All 87 villages in Daspur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Bar?3,940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bar?89.2% (Census 2011)