# Dakshin Kasipur Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Kasipur

Dakshin Kasipur is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,451 people in 499 households**, the 41st largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,451people (2011)
- 499households
- 62.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kasipur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kasipur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kasipur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**28%

Television ****21%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**23%

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 Kasipur?

■ Dakshin Kasipur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1164**

**962

Working population ****33.9%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.2% for men and 59.6% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (34%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 288 (35%) · **■** Marginal 119 (14%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Durgapur2,650 people
- Bausahar2,635 people
- Andulgari2,602 people
- Bakri2,518 people
- Taldighi2,328 people
- Jhungri2,306 people
- Jalalabad2,181 people
- Karunarhati2,148 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kasipur?2,451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kasipur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kasipur?62.4% (Census 2011)