Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur
# Dakshin Bar

Dakshin Bar is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,572 people in 336 households, the 35th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.
- 1,572 people (2011)
- 336 households
- 74.4% literacy
- 958 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bar in 2011, 7 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Bar · ■ Egra - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 7% 40%
- Toilet within the home 99% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 4%
- Tap water 0% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 96%
- Use banking services 15% 33%
- Television 2% 13%
- Mobile phone 11% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 81% 32%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakshin Bar?

■ Dakshin Bar · ■ Egra - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.4% 86.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 958 931
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 908 953
- Working population 42.4% 37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 66.7% for women. 58% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 57 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 219 (33%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 45 (7%) · ■ Marginal 338 (51%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Egra - II
- Khurutia 1,834 people
- Mallikpur 1,774 people
- Chhota Nalgerya 1,719 people
- Rasulpur Dakshinbar 1,688 people
- Chhota Rasulpur 1,524 people
- Urijalkar Urf Taramridha 1,453 people
- Chirulia 1,437 people
- Shyampur 1,422 people

All 117 villages in Egra - II

## Other places named Dakshin Bar
- Dakshinbar · Village, Jaypur, Bankura · 4,031 people
- Dakshin Bar · Village, Daspur - II, Paschim Medinipur · 3,940 people
- Dakshinbar · Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur · 1,467 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Bar? 1,572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bar in? Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bar? 74.4% (Census 2011)

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