# Dakishin Maheshpur Village, Karandighi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakishin Maheshpur

Dakishin Maheshpur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **160 people in 35 households**, the 195th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 160people (2011)
- 35households
- 58.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakishin Maheshpur

Of every 100 households in Dakishin Maheshpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakishin Maheshpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**19%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**28%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Dakishin Maheshpur?

■ Dakishin Maheshpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**943

Working population ****43.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 45.8% for women. 62% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (29%) · **■** Marginal 12 (17%)

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 Karandighi

- Jaynagra242 people
- Surta240 people
- Sahapur239 people
- Majhauk215 people
- Jotilamat150 people
- Kararan144 people
- Patanduba99 people
- Pirpukhar70 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakishin Maheshpur?160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakishin Maheshpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakishin Maheshpur?58.0% (Census 2011)