# Dakshin Kotagaon Village, Hemtabad – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Kotagaon

Dakshin Kotagaon is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,037 people in 214 households**, the 55th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,037people (2011)
- 214households
- 83.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kotagaon

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kotagaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kotagaon · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**78%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****19%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**27%

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 Kotagaon?

■ Dakshin Kotagaon · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**955

Working population ****43.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 84.4% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 83 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (13%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 306 (68%)

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 Hemtabad

- Bidisoil1,103 people
- Sonabanda1,098 people
- Dehuchi1,087 people
- Krishnapur1,071 people
- Atrai1,004 people
- Beltair951 people
- Mohishgaon945 people
- Ratibati945 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kotagaon?1,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kotagaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kotagaon?83.5% (Census 2011)