# Dakshin Harkara Village, Narayangarh – Population & Literacy

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dakshin Harkara

Dakshin Harkara is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **440 people in 102 households**, the 215th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 440people (2011)
- 102households
- 92.7%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Harkara

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Harkara in 2011, 1 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Harkara · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**61%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Harkara?

■ Dakshin Harkara · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.7%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1412**

**942

Working population ****31.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 90.0% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (31%) · **■** Marginal 22 (16%)

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 Narayangarh

- Kiyajhuri447 people
- Malka446 people
- Bhalukar442 people
- Ambisan440 people
- Benagerya439 people
- Mangalpur435 people
- Jagannathpur430 people
- Uttaar Mulkuria428 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Harkara?440 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Harkara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Harkara?92.7% (Census 2011)