# Darikautala Village, Kulpi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Darikautala

Darikautala is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,588 people in 938 households**, the 7th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 4,588people (2011)
- 938households
- 65.4%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Darikautala

Of every 100 households in Darikautala in 2011, 3 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Darikautala · ■ Kulpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**61%

Tap water ****14%**

**3%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****65%**

**44%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Darikautala?

■ Darikautala · ■ Kulpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**972

Working population ****38.3%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 61.4% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (9%) · **■** Household industry 115 (7%) · **■** Other work 266 (15%) · **■** Marginal 1,112 (63%)

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

- Chandipur6,982 people
- Karimnagar5,443 people
- Manoharpur5,206 people
- Arunnagar4,604 people
- Ishwaripur4,427 people
- Durganagar4,274 people
- Dakshin Akraberia4,238 people
- Rangatala3,925 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 Darikautala?4,588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darikautala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Darikautala?65.4% (Census 2011)