# Dakshin Mechgram Village, Panskura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Mechgram

Dakshin Mechgram is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,832 people in 611 households**, the 13th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,832people (2011)
- 611households
- 84.3%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mechgram

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mechgram in 2011, 80 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Mechgram · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**22%

Tap water ****7%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****38%**

**36%

Television ****50%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**15%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Mechgram?

■ Dakshin Mechgram · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**949

Working population ****35.2%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 79.6% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 187 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (22%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 487 (49%) · **■** Marginal 80 (8%)

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

- Shyamsundarpur3,259 people
- Amraghoal3,168 people
- Sundarnagar3,165 people
- Uttar Mechgram3,072 people
- Joykrishnapur2,765 people
- Paschim Chilka2,745 people
- Khandakhola2,720 people
- Purbba Chilka2,713 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Mechgram?2,832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mechgram in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mechgram?84.3% (Census 2011)