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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Dauki

Dakshin Dauki is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **735 people in 163 households**, the 82nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 735people (2011)
- 163households
- 88.7%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Dauki

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Dauki in 2011, 46 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Dauki · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****35%**

**43%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dauki?

■ Dakshin Dauki · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**956

Working population ****38.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 82.2% for women. 64% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 177 (62%) · **■** Marginal 53 (19%)

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

- Dakshin Gopinathpur751 people
- Surundia746 people
- Saheb Khankeranibar745 people
- Chuaphali737 people
- Balbhadrapur732 people
- Subarnadihi732 people
- Kulalpada729 people
- Jagannathpur 2Nd Part716 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 Dauki?735 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Dauki in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Dauki?88.7% (Census 2011)