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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Khasda

Dakshin Khasda is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **133 people in 32 households**, the 206th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 133people (2011)
- 32households
- 96.7%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Khasda

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Khasda in 2011, 9 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Khasda · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**43%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**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 Khasda?

■ Dakshin Khasda · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**956

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 93.2% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Other work 5 (11%) · **■** Marginal 39 (89%)

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

- Narayanpur160 people
- Chhota Ektarpur152 people
- Satberia152 people
- Kanchanpur141 people
- Chandia Haibatbar114 people
- Paschim Teghari114 people
- Takia Haripurkhal113 people
- Purushottampur111 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 Khasda?133 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Khasda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Khasda?96.7% (Census 2011)