# Dakshin Gangadharpur Village, Patharpratima – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/dakshin-gangadharpur/

Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Gangadharpur

Dakshin Gangadharpur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **13,738 people in 2,593 households**, the 1st largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 13,738people (2011)
- 2,593households
- 71.1%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gangadharpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gangadharpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Gangadharpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**45%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**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 Gangadharpur?

■ Dakshin Gangadharpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**82.1%

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

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**965

Working population ****39.2%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 66.0% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 395 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,403 (26%) · **■** Household industry 180 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,139 (21%) · **■** Marginal 2,272 (42%)

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

- Dakshin Raypur9,858 people
- Sridhar Nagar7,625 people
- Heramba Gopalpur6,672 people
- Brojaballabpur6,671 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 Gangadharpur?13,738 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gangadharpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gangadharpur?71.1% (Census 2011)