# Dakshin Darua Village, Contai - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Darua

Dakshin Darua is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **209 people in 35 households**, the 192nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 209people (2011)
- 35households
- 95.1%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Darua

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Darua in 2011, 56 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Darua · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****3%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Darua?

■ Dakshin Darua · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.1%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**956

Working population ****21.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.9% for men and 91.6% for women. 42% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 9 (20%) · **■** Marginal 35 (80%)

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 Contai - I

- Gahira Bar229 people
- Pateshwarpur228 people
- Hatiberya224 people
- Shikarpur214 people
- Sharad Pur205 people
- Harichak201 people
- Alipur195 people
- Madhab Pattanayak Bar192 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Darua?209 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Darua in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Darua?95.1% (Census 2011)