# Dakshin Ariagaon Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Ariagaon

Dakshin Ariagaon is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,480 people in 447 households**, the 38th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,480people (2011)
- 447households
- 58.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Ariagaon

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Ariagaon in 2011, 54 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Ariagaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**37%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Ariagaon?

■ Dakshin Ariagaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**59.7%

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

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**953

Working population ****25.8%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 48.2% for women. 41% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (15%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 357 (56%) · **■** Marginal 73 (11%)

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 Chopra

- Ghirnigaon2,640 people
- Katgaon2,611 people
- Sonapatila2,565 people
- Paschim Ariangaon2,547 people
- Bhata2,456 people
- Purbba Andharijhari2,432 people
- Damodarkhuri2,294 people
- Uttar Mohangachh2,267 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Ariagaon?2,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Ariagaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Ariagaon?58.1% (Census 2011)