# Dakshin Gorasahid Village, Chopra – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Gorasahid

Dakshin Gorasahid is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,789 people in 506 households**, the 32nd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,789people (2011)
- 506households
- 45.6%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gorasahid

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gorasahid in 2011, 17 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dakshin Gorasahid · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****35%**

**37%

Television ****4%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gorasahid?

■ Dakshin Gorasahid · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.6%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**953

Working population ****32.6%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.3% for men and 39.5% for women. 47% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (24%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 189 (21%) · **■** Marginal 315 (35%)

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

- Jhajhri3,017 people
- Goabari2,989 people
- Purba Ariagaon2,828 people
- Gendagachh2,803 people
- Bara Mircha2,700 people
- Ghirnigaon2,640 people
- Katgaon2,611 people
- Sonapatila2,565 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gorasahid?2,789 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gorasahid in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gorasahid?45.6% (Census 2011)