# Dakshin Kaya, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Kaya

Dakshin Kaya is a village in [Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **515 people in 100 households**, the 105th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 515people (2011)
- 100households
- 89.7%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kaya

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kaya in 2011, 39 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Kaya · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****14%**

**51%

Television ****11%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kaya?

■ Dakshin Kaya · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**929

Working population ****31.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.1% for men and 83.7% for women. 63% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (28%) · **■** Marginal 36 (22%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Shankarpur545 people
- Nardanda530 people
- Jharpadima524 people
- Bakharpur516 people
- Jashipur470 people
- Deulbatta461 people
- Paya458 people
- Bherichauli446 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kaya?515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kaya in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kaya?89.7% (Census 2011)