# Dakshin Diarak Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Diarak

Dakshin Diarak is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,953 people in 446 households**, the 27th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,953people (2011)
- 446households
- 77.1%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Diarak

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Diarak in 2011, 12 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Diarak · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**44%

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 Diarak?

■ Dakshin Diarak · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****713**

**977

Working population ****35.2%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 68.2% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (9%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 143 (21%) · **■** Marginal 377 (55%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Ramgobindapur2,204 people
- Kanaigachhi2,025 people
- Joaru2,019 people
- Joktabala2,012 people
- Baria1,893 people
- Sultanbaga1,870 people
- Ambalhara1,855 people
- Dagira1,841 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Diarak?1,953 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Diarak in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Diarak?77.1% (Census 2011)