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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Ramchak

Dakshin Ramchak is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **474 people in 97 households**, the 131st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 98.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 474people (2011)
- 97households
- 98.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Ramchak

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Ramchak in 2011, 38 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dakshin Ramchak · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**43%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ramchak?

■ Dakshin Ramchak · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****98.9%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****520**

**956

Working population ****53.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 97.7% for women. 62% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (37%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%) · **■** Marginal 121 (48%)

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

- Marra490 people
- Nandierya485 people
- Ektarpur Madanmohanbar483 people
- Namal476 people
- Brajamal472 people
- Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar471 people
- Badalpur 2Nd Part470 people
- Batipur461 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 Ramchak?474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Ramchak in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Ramchak?98.9% (Census 2011)