# Dakshin Kadamgachhi Village, Islampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Kadamgachhi

Dakshin Kadamgachhi is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,921 people in 382 households**, the 53rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,921people (2011)
- 382households
- 52.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kadamgachhi

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kadamgachhi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Kadamgachhi · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**95%

Use banking services ****9%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**40%

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 Kadamgachhi?

■ Dakshin Kadamgachhi · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**967

Working population ****29.3%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.2% for men and 42.6% for women. 41% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (38%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 73 (13%) · **■** Marginal 103 (18%)

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 Islampur

- Jhargaon2,008 people
- Kalughat1,986 people
- Kunargaon1,980 people
- Kalugachh1,960 people
- Chapasar1,905 people
- Tangipokar1,868 people
- Amalijhari1,857 people
- Ojhapokhar1,832 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kadamgachhi?1,921 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kadamgachhi in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kadamgachhi?52.7% (Census 2011)