# Dakshin Sargaria Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Sargaria

Dakshin Sargaria is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **966 people in 244 households**, the 89th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 966people (2011)
- 244households
- 83.2%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sargaria

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sargaria in 2011, 81 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Sargaria · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**91%

Use banking services ****66%**

**37%

Television ****53%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**37%

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 Sargaria?

■ Dakshin Sargaria · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1281**

**965

Working population ****37.0%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 75.0% for women. 65% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (21%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 197 (55%) · **■** Marginal 24 (7%)

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 Falta

- Jagala Ballabhpur1,014 people
- Pakur Digra994 people
- Falta969 people
- Dakshin Nala967 people
- Neoda956 people
- Garkhali923 people
- Abad Simulganaja917 people
- Uttar Sagaria907 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Sargaria?966 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sargaria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sargaria?83.2% (Census 2011)