# Dakshin Durgapur Village, Patharpratima – Population

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Durgapur

Dakshin Durgapur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,722 people in 1,203 households**, the 13th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 5,722people (2011)
- 1,203households
- 79.1%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Durgapur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Durgapur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**40%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**45%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**965

Working population ****50.2%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 72.4% for women. 61% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 570 (20%) · **■** Household industry 31 (1%) · **■** Other work 383 (13%) · **■** Marginal 1,718 (60%)

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 Patharpratima

- Gobindapur Abad6,226 people
- Achintya Nagar6,181 people
- Rakhalpur6,076 people
- Dakshin Shibganj5,828 people
- Sibnagar5,666 people
- Madhab Nagar5,615 people
- Kshetra Mohanpur5,589 people
- Dakshin Kashinagar5,454 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Durgapur?5,722 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Durgapur?79.1% (Census 2011)