# Dakshin Paikbar Village, Deshopran – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Paikbar

Dakshin Paikbar is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,869 people in 438 households**, the 20th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,869people (2011)
- 438households
- 93.4%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Paikbar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Paikbar in 2011, 25 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Paikbar · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**34%

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

**89%

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

**9%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**88%

Use banking services ****72%**

**35%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Paikbar?

■ Dakshin Paikbar · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**949

Working population ****34.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 89.5% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 255 (39%) · **■** Marginal 118 (18%)

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 Deshopran

- Chandibhetti1,972 people
- Dholmari1,948 people
- Purba Amtalia1,878 people
- Bara Subarnanagar1,871 people
- Prakash Kultalia 1st Part1,815 people
- Jhawa1,813 people
- Kajla1,810 people
- Maishamura1,792 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Paikbar?1,869 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Paikbar in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Paikbar?93.4% (Census 2011)