It is named after the erstwhile Dakshinkhan Adarsha Union Parishad.

Males constituted 53.36% (136,572) of the population while females 46.64% (119,359).

Dakshinkhan Thana had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 76.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 114.There were 218 floating people in this jurisdiction.

[8] The religious breakdown was Muslim 97.57% (249,718), Hindu 2.14% (5,484), Christian 0.23% (588), Buddhist 0.03% (80), and others 0.02% (61).

The ethnic minority people living there were 236 persons in total.