# Dakshin Sehardaha Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Sehardaha

Dakshin Sehardaha is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,769 people in 609 households**, the 12th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,769people (2011)
- 609households
- 73.9%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sehardaha

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sehardaha in 2011, 33 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Sehardaha · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****35%**

**34%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**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 Sehardaha?

■ Dakshin Sehardaha · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**977

Working population ****31.5%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 65.2% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 335 (38%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 337 (39%) · **■** Marginal 51 (6%)

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

- Uttar Diarak3,295 people
- Bolsiddhi3,119 people
- Uttar Sehardaha3,090 people
- Chanda2,790 people
- Sultanpur2,729 people
- Lakshmipur2,688 people
- Jangalpara2,654 people
- Mangrajpur2,596 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 Sehardaha?2,769 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sehardaha in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sehardaha?73.9% (Census 2011)