# Dakshin Raypur Village, Kulpi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Raypur

Dakshin Raypur is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **627 people in 156 households**, the 116th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 627people (2011)
- 156households
- 84.6%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Raypur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Raypur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Raypur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****0%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****71%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshin Raypur?

■ Dakshin Raypur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**972

Working population ****47.7%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 72.1% for women. 57% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (23%) · **■** Household industry 25 (8%) · **■** Other work 40 (13%) · **■** Marginal 143 (48%)

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 Kulpi

- Atmanoharpur692 people
- Kaikhali690 people
- Paschim Chandpur670 people
- Jagadishpur656 people
- Atbazar626 people
- Banainadi622 people
- Ulkimari596 people
- Chitranagar594 people

[All 180 villages in Kulpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kulpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Raypur?627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Raypur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Raypur?84.6% (Census 2011)