# Dakshin Chandranagar Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Chandranagar

Dakshin Chandranagar is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,719 people in 1,224 households**, the 16th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 5,719people (2011)
- 1,224households
- 88.7%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Chandranagar

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Chandranagar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dakshin Chandranagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Chandranagar?

■ Dakshin Chandranagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**959

Working population ****38.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 82.2% for women. 62% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 442 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 750 (34%) · **■** Household industry 31 (1%) · **■** Other work 451 (20%) · **■** Marginal 533 (24%)

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 Namkhana

- Debnagar6,582 people
- Shibpur6,269 people
- Sibnagar Abad6,045 people
- Phatikpur5,888 people
- Kusumtala5,663 people
- Dakshin Durgapur5,439 people
- Radhanagar5,292 people
- Budhakhali5,195 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Chandranagar?5,719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Chandranagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Chandranagar?88.7% (Census 2011)