# Hekandair Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Hekandair

Hekandair is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **82 people in 18 households**, the 194th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 82people (2011)
- 18households
- 65.8%literacy
- 783females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hekandair

Of every 100 households in Hekandair in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hekandair · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**27%

Television ****0%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Hekandair?

■ Hekandair · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****783**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**936

Working population ****41.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 50.0% for women. 52% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (24%) · **■** Other work 7 (21%) · **■** Marginal 9 (26%)

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 Gangarampur

- Paschim Kashipur178 people
- Uttar Gopalpur175 people
- Taraju147 people
- Kamalpur117 people
- Raghunathpur56 people
- Brahmanpara53 people
- Rasidpur23 people
- Jot Malkhan6 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hekandair?82 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hekandair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hekandair?65.8% (Census 2011)