# Dakshin Durgapur Village, Kultali – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kultali, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Durgapur

Dakshin Durgapur is a village in Kultali sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,346 people in 1,013 households**, the 16th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 5,346people (2011)
- 1,013households
- 67.4%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Durgapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Kultali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**41%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Durgapur?

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Kultali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****998**

**977

Working population ****35.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 58.4% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 408 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 508 (27%) · **■** Household industry 102 (5%) · **■** Other work 341 (18%) · **■** Marginal 550 (29%)

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 Kultali

- Dakshin Garankati6,189 people
- Kaikhali6,030 people
- Purba Gurguria5,662 people
- Maipit5,615 people
- Binodpur5,330 people
- Kirtankhola5,312 people
- Katamari5,238 people
- Kailashnagar5,083 people

[All 46 villages in Kultali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kultali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Durgapur?5,346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kultali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Durgapur?67.4% (Census 2011)