Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur
# Dakshin Jadopur

Dakshin Jadopur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,986 people in 394 households, the 68th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.
- 1,986 people (2011)
- 394 households
- 63.2% literacy
- 968 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Jadopur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Jadopur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Jadopur · ■ Karandighi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 16% 26%
- Toilet within the home 7% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 78%
- Tap water 1% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 87% 60%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 61% 96%
- Use banking services 19% 19%
- Television 4% 11%
- Mobile phone 20% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 8% 28%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakshin Jadopur?

■ Dakshin Jadopur · ■ Karandighi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.2% 53.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 968 953
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 943
- Working population 54.9% 40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.6% for men and 52.4% for women. 58% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 215 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 256 (23%) · ■ Household industry 26 (2%) · ■ Other work 68 (6%) · ■ Marginal 525 (48%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Karandighi
- Kuhator 2,011 people
- Bhagabanpur 2,008 people
- Purba Matiari 2,003 people
- Babhania 1,992 people
- Kochabari 1,932 people
- Pachloha 1,909 people
- Pauti 1,898 people
- Kaderganj 1,881 people

All 203 villages in Karandighi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Jadopur? 1,986 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Jadopur in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Jadopur? 63.2% (Census 2011)

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