# Dakjoari Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakjoari

Dakjoari is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **794 people in 178 households**, the 78th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 794people (2011)
- 178households
- 88.1%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakjoari

Of every 100 households in Dakjoari in 2011, 80 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakjoari · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****64%**

**42%

Television ****35%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Dakjoari?

■ Dakjoari · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1353**

**937

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 80.8% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (4%) · **■** Household industry 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 104 (38%) · **■** Marginal 108 (39%)

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 - II

- Kultikri910 people
- Jhaudari908 people
- Rekha856 people
- Kushbaria821 people
- Asapur765 people
- Dhukrijhara741 people
- Seora Hati736 people
- Parasurampur664 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakjoari?794 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakjoari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakjoari?88.1% (Census 2011)