# Dakshin Raypur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Raypur

Dakshin Raypur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,858 people in 2,054 households**, the 2nd largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 9,858people (2011)
- 2,054households
- 77.0%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Raypur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Raypur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Raypur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**40%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****28%**

**45%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**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 Raypur?

■ Dakshin Raypur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**965

Working population ****40.5%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 69.8% for women. 57% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 386 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 929 (23%) · **■** Household industry 159 (4%) · **■** Other work 809 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1,706 (43%)

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 Gangadharpur13,738 people
- Sridhar Nagar7,625 people
- Heramba Gopalpur6,672 people
- Brojaballabpur6,671 people
- Digambarpur6,577 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 Raypur?9,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Raypur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Raypur?77.0% (Census 2011)