# Dakshin Gauripur Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Gauripur

Dakshin Gauripur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **864 people in 190 households**, the 102nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 864people (2011)
- 190households
- 67.6%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gauripur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Gauripur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****8%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

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 Gauripur?

■ Dakshin Gauripur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**969

Working population ****31.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 62.2% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 34 (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 Kaliaganj

- Biswanathpur877 people
- Gangua876 people
- Purba Durgapur871 people
- Sadipur865 people
- Ramkrishnapur830 people
- Hazratpur827 people
- Bhabak802 people
- Chaipara790 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gauripur?864 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gauripur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gauripur?67.6% (Census 2011)