# Dakshin Kashi Village, Magrahat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Kashi

Dakshin Kashi is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,490 people in 862 households**, the 11th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 4,490people (2011)
- 862households
- 77.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kashi

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kashi in 2011, 42 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Kashi · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**50%

Tap water ****72%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**35%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kashi?

■ Dakshin Kashi · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**956

Working population ****30.2%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 70.4% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (7%) · **■** Household industry 66 (5%) · **■** Other work 910 (67%) · **■** Marginal 256 (19%)

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 Magrahat - II

- Chak Parankanta Khali7,864 people
- Uttar Radhanagar6,070 people
- Urel Chandpur4,668 people
- Kuldia4,653 people
- Uttar Amratala4,483 people
- Bishweshwarpur4,443 people
- Mamudpur4,367 people
- Hotar4,155 people

[All 78 villages in Magrahat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kashi?4,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kashi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kashi?77.1% (Census 2011)