# Dakshin Barhat Village, Panskura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Barhat

Dakshin Barhat is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,304 people in 283 households**, the 80th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,304people (2011)
- 283households
- 90.2%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Barhat

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Barhat in 2011, 67 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Barhat · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****75%**

**36%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barhat?

■ Dakshin Barhat · ■ Panskura rural average

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

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**949

Working population ****48.5%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 85.6% for women. 64% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 210 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (12%) · **■** Household industry 49 (8%) · **■** Other work 48 (8%) · **■** Marginal 252 (40%)

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 Panskura

- Aror1,366 people
- Shrirampur1,325 people
- Chak Gopal1,309 people
- Dalpara1,306 people
- Mangalduari1,283 people
- Fakirganja1,270 people
- Dokanda1,267 people
- Jagannath Chak1,262 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Barhat?1,304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Barhat in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Barhat?90.2% (Census 2011)