# Dakshin Gouripur Village, Bishnupur - I – Population

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Village · Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Gouripur

Dakshin Gouripur is a village in Bishnupur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,064 people in 2,007 households**, the 3rd largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 9,064people (2011)
- 2,007households
- 76.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gouripur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gouripur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Gouripur · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**44%

Tap water ****66%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**36%

Television ****27%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gouripur?

■ Dakshin Gouripur · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****37.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 70.9% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 227 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 501 (15%) · **■** Household industry 522 (15%) · **■** Other work 1,139 (33%) · **■** Marginal 1,017 (30%)

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 Bishnupur - I

- Amgachhi10,179 people
- Rashkhali9,399 people
- Bagi7,235 people
- Andharmanik6,676 people
- Kasthamahal5,156 people
- Bakeswar4,940 people

[All 85 villages in Bishnupur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gouripur?9,064 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gouripur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gouripur?76.5% (Census 2011)