# Dakshin Choumukh Village, Egra - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Choumukh

Dakshin Choumukh is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 139 households**, the 74th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 667people (2011)
- 139households
- 90.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Choumukh

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Choumukh in 2011, 45 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Choumukh · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**40%

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

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**33%

Television ****25%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Choumukh?

■ Dakshin Choumukh · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**953

Working population ****48.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.7% for men and 82.1% for women. 57% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (18%) · **■** Other work 85 (26%) · **■** Marginal 151 (46%)

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 Egra - II

- Mirjapur758 people
- Nijdanta758 people
- Ariapota677 people
- Madhabpur669 people
- Sarisha664 people
- Teghari634 people
- Amipara610 people
- Bisharpur603 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Choumukh?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Choumukh in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Choumukh?90.4% (Census 2011)