# Dakshin Kalamdan Village, Khejuri - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Kalamdan

Dakshin Kalamdan is a village in Khejuri - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,910 people in 800 households**, the 11th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.9%.

- 3,910people (2011)
- 800households
- 90.9%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kalamdan

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kalamdan in 2011, 27 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dakshin Kalamdan · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kalamdan?

■ Dakshin Kalamdan · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**88.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**925

Working population ****33.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 86.6% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 103 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 208 (16%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 152 (12%) · **■** Marginal 807 (62%)

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 Khejuri - I

- Patna5,772 people
- Mohati4,761 people
- Kulta4,576 people
- Herya Atmarampur4,102 people
- Ajaya3,632 people
- Uttar Kalamdan3,468 people
- Kamdeb Nagar3,364 people
- Jarar Nagar3,198 people

[All 42 villages in Khejuri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kalamdan?3,910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kalamdan in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kalamdan?90.9% (Census 2011)