# Dakshin Sautan Chak Village, Nanda Kumar – Population

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Sautan Chak

Dakshin Sautan Chak is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **926 people in 232 households**, the 85th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 926people (2011)
- 232households
- 90.2%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sautan Chak

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sautan Chak in 2011, 40 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Sautan Chak · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**17%

Tap water ****43%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****21%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**34%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Sautan Chak?

■ Dakshin Sautan Chak · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**940

Working population ****35.6%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 82.9% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 44 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (18%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 36 (11%) · **■** Marginal 184 (56%)

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

- Piyaj Berya988 people
- Nachhipur985 people
- Jashnan977 people
- Chak Durgabasan954 people
- Betalbasan913 people
- Nilkunthya907 people
- Kalidahi899 people
- Mansantosh896 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 Sautan Chak?926 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sautan Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sautan Chak?90.2% (Census 2011)