Dakshin Dinajpur is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Dakshin Dinajpur district, and there are total 1631 villages and 6 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Dakshin Dinajpur district is 331 and number of houses in this district is 346310.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1468643. Out of total 1468643, male population count is 752310, where as female population count is 716333 in Dakshin Dinajpur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 171965 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 171965 children 87845 are boys and 84120 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Dakshin Dinajpur district is 62%. 912452 out of total 1468643 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 67% and 507294 males are literate out of total 752310 male population, where as female literacy rate is 43% and 405158 out of total 716333 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Dakshin Dinajpur district is 37%. 556191 out of total 1468643 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 32% and 245016 males are illiterate out of total 752310 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 43% and 311175 out of total 716333 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Dakshin Dinajpur district is 624758 and non-working population is 843885 and out of 624758 working population 170184 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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