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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Rampur

Dakshin Rampur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **685 people in 147 households**, the 89th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 685people (2011)
- 147households
- 97.8%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Rampur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Rampur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Rampur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****99%**

**43%

Television ****49%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rampur?

■ Dakshin Rampur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**956

Working population ****43.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.8% for men and 96.7% for women. 57% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 139 (47%) · **■** Marginal 118 (40%)

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

- Kulalpada729 people
- Jagannathpur 2Nd Part716 people
- Barachun Fali704 people
- Sitalpur700 people
- Raipur Paschimbar685 people
- Paschim Jagannathchak674 people
- Laskar Pada672 people
- Purba Ram Chandra Pur668 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 Rampur?685 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Rampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Rampur?97.8% (Census 2011)