# Dakshin Maithuna Village, Ramnagar - II – Population

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Maithuna

Dakshin Maithuna is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **866 people in 189 households**, the 63rd largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 866people (2011)
- 189households
- 90.1%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Maithuna

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Maithuna in 2011, 44 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Maithuna · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****8%**

**45%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Maithuna?

■ Dakshin Maithuna · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1179**

**981

Working population ****28.5%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 81.7% for women. 52% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 47 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 38 (15%) · **■** Marginal 121 (49%)

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 - II

- Gobindapur958 people
- Talkanpur919 people
- Kismathiar918 people
- Sonakania879 people
- Katmundi856 people
- Shyampur847 people
- Raghunathpur836 people
- Tatkapur811 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Maithuna?866 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Maithuna in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Maithuna?90.1% (Census 2011)