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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Sherpur

Dakshin Sherpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **316 people in 74 households**, the 164th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 316people (2011)
- 74households
- 78.4%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sherpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Sherpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****10%**

**43%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Sherpur?

■ Dakshin Sherpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**956

Working population ****33.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 72.7% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 100 (93%)

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

- Jugi Bar355 people
- Khikina344 people
- Amadpur341 people
- Kanchuri324 people
- Surghani314 people
- Padmaput Chhakubanarbar311 people
- Kamarput303 people
- Ulu Bere294 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 Sherpur?316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sherpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sherpur?78.4% (Census 2011)