# Dakshin Garankati Village, Kultali – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kultali, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Garankati

Dakshin Garankati is a village in Kultali sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,189 people in 1,219 households**, the 12th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 6,189people (2011)
- 1,219households
- 68.0%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Garankati

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Garankati in 2011, 2 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dakshin Garankati · ■ Kultali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**66%

Tap water ****18%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**24%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****46%**

**41%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Garankati?

■ Dakshin Garankati · ■ Kultali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**977

Working population ****37.4%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 56.1% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 351 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 751 (32%) · **■** Household industry 35 (2%) · **■** Other work 319 (14%) · **■** Marginal 858 (37%)

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

- Deulbari Debipur7,315 people
- Bhubaneshwari6,936 people
- Madhusudanpur6,899 people
- Kisorimohanpur6,483 people
- Kaikhali6,030 people
- Purba Gurguria5,662 people
- Maipit5,615 people
- Dakshin Durgapur5,346 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 Garankati?6,189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Garankati in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kultali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Garankati?68.0% (Census 2011)