# Dakshin Durgapur Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Durgapur

Dakshin Durgapur is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,439 people in 1,234 households**, the 18th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 5,439people (2011)
- 1,234households
- 84.9%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Durgapur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

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

**37%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Durgapur?

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**959

Working population ****38.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 79.5% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 221 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 247 (12%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 418 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1,189 (57%)

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

- Sibnagar Abad6,045 people
- Phatikpur5,888 people
- Dakshin Chandranagar5,719 people
- Kusumtala5,663 people
- Radhanagar5,292 people
- Budhakhali5,195 people
- Rajnagar5,055 people
- Bijaybati4,891 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 Durgapur?5,439 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Durgapur?84.9% (Census 2011)