# Dakshin Sahapur Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Sahapur

Dakshin Sahapur is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,748 people in 698 households**, the 26th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 3,748people (2011)
- 698households
- 41.3%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Sahapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Sahapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Sahapur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**20%

Television ****16%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sahapur?

■ Dakshin Sahapur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.3%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**950

Working population ****32.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.8% for men and 35.6% for women. 48% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 158 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 408 (34%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 480 (40%) · **■** Marginal 139 (12%)

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

- Gachhinagar3,990 people
- Chapwa3,974 people
- Lodhan3,955 people
- Chapra Bakhari3,936 people
- Dauapara3,688 people
- Deona3,551 people
- Bangaon3,509 people
- Nando3,416 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 Sahapur?3,748 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Sahapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Sahapur?41.3% (Census 2011)