# Dakshin Gumai Village, Nanda Kumar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Gumai

Dakshin Gumai is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,264 people in 301 households**, the 67th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,264people (2011)
- 301households
- 89.2%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gumai

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gumai in 2011, 51 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Gumai · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**17%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**89%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

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 Gumai?

■ Dakshin Gumai · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****43.9%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 86.8% for women. 51% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 530 (95%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Alasuli1,456 people
- Kamarda1,409 people
- Lauhajang1,325 people
- Baharampur1,284 people
- Thakur Chak1,242 people
- Chak Jiyadighi1,231 people
- Totabere1,215 people
- Padumkhana1,182 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gumai?1,264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gumai in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gumai?89.2% (Census 2011)