# Dakshin Khotasur Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Khotasur

Dakshin Khotasur is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,673 people in 287 households**, the 67th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 24.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 1,673people (2011)
- 287households
- 24.1%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Khotasur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Khotasur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Khotasur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**91%

Use banking services ****38%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Khotasur?

■ Dakshin Khotasur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****24.1%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**950

Working population ****34.5%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 28.7% for men and 19.4% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 281 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (26%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 111 (19%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Basta1,839 people
- Unatiagachh1,818 people
- Purbba Keladanta1,749 people
- Paschim Goti1,686 people
- Barbila1,623 people
- Bajibhokra1,622 people
- Jinatpur1,613 people
- Bara Patna1,556 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Khotasur?1,673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Khotasur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Khotasur?24.1% (Census 2011)