# Dakshin Kasiabad Village, Kakdwip – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Kasiabad

Dakshin Kasiabad is a village in Kakdwip sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,438 people in 1,065 households**, the 25th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 4,438people (2011)
- 1,065households
- 78.6%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kasiabad

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kasiabad in 2011, 26 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kasiabad · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**39%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**35%

Television ****9%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****35%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Kasiabad?

■ Dakshin Kasiabad · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**976

Working population ****33.7%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 71.5% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 217 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 452 (30%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 168 (11%) · **■** Marginal 635 (43%)

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 Kakdwip

- Ramratanpur4,821 people
- Ramgopalpur4,636 people
- Sibnagar4,530 people
- Harendranagar4,494 people
- Nebutala3,734 people
- Sankiberia3,511 people
- Thangara3,336 people
- Uttar Chandranagar3,002 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kasiabad?4,438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kasiabad in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kasiabad?78.6% (Census 2011)