# Dakshin Kancheswar Village, Contai - III – Population

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Kancheswar

Dakshin Kancheswar is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **557 people in 120 households**, the 101st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 557people (2011)
- 120households
- 83.7%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kancheswar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kancheswar in 2011, 62 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kancheswar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**40%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Kancheswar?

■ Dakshin Kancheswar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****690**

**948

Working population ****52.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 76.2% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 29 (10%) · **■** Other work 183 (62%) · **■** Marginal 81 (28%)

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 - III

- Olmaidal Bar577 people
- Uttar Ektarpur565 people
- Alampur561 people
- Rasulpur561 people
- Phaodar Chak555 people
- Bahulya548 people
- Shankarpur541 people
- Karaldanij Karalda535 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kancheswar?557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kancheswar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kancheswar?83.7% (Census 2011)