# Dakshin Kenosa Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Kenosa

Dakshin Kenosa is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **437 people in 87 households**, the 258th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 437people (2011)
- 87households
- 77.6%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kenosa

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kenosa in 2011, 78 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kenosa · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**56%

Tap water ****10%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****84%**

**58%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

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 Kenosa?

■ Dakshin Kenosa · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**960

Working population ****24.9%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 62.6% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (23%) · **■** Other work 16 (15%) · **■** Marginal 9 (8%)

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 Keshpur

- Barmahishda453 people
- Memua453 people
- Birhimbar452 people
- Birbira448 people
- Chhutar Gerya436 people
- Kush Tikri435 people
- Maisha435 people
- Padima Shyam Chak435 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kenosa?437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kenosa in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kenosa?77.6% (Census 2011)