# Dakshin Mahendrapur Village, Patharpratima – Population

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Mahendrapur

Dakshin Mahendrapur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **875 people in 181 households**, the 83rd largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 875people (2011)
- 181households
- 93.0%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mahendrapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mahendrapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Mahendrapur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahendrapur?

■ Dakshin Mahendrapur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**965

Working population ****69.3%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 91.9% for women. 69% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 80 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 483 (80%)

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

- Biswanathpur1,162 people
- Debichak1,089 people
- Sagar Madhabpur1,069 people
- Krishnapur1,068 people
- Parbatipur650 people
- Harikrishnapur631 people
- Daspur455 people
- Ramdebpur250 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 Mahendrapur?875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mahendrapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mahendrapur?93.0% (Census 2011)