Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur
# Dakshin Bhagalpur

Dakshin Bhagalpur is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,648 people in 337 households, the 52nd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.
- 1,648 people (2011)
- 337 households
- 56.6% literacy
- 919 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Bhagalpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Bhagalpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Bhagalpur · ■ Chopra rural average
- Electricity for lighting 38% 31%
- Toilet within the home 17% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 76%
- Tap water 1% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 70% 64%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 92%
- Use banking services 24% 37%
- Television 29% 19%
- Mobile phone 30% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 29% 28%
- Own their home 97% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakshin Bhagalpur?

■ Dakshin Bhagalpur · ■ Chopra rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.6% 59.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 919 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1037 953
- Working population 35.0% 31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 50.1% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 178 (31%) · ■ Farm labourers 34 (6%) · ■ Household industry 11 (2%) · ■ Other work 301 (52%) · ■ Marginal 53 (9%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chopra
- Chhota Ariangaon 1,811 people
- Dakshin Besarbari 1,709 people
- Bara Dopaharu 1,702 people
- Jogthora 1,649 people
- Thuthipakar 1,648 people
- Ariagaon 1,627 people
- Uttar Kundalpokhar 1,613 people
- Gaodhuakalang 1,555 people

All 118 villages in Chopra

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Bhagalpur? 1,648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Bhagalpur in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Bhagalpur? 56.6% (Census 2011)

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