# Khandara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Khandara

Khandara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **253 people in 59 households**, the 172nd largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 253people (2011)
- 59households
- 79.4%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khandara

Of every 100 households in Khandara in 2011, 32 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khandara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**70%

Tap water ****100%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**25%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**33%

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 Khandara?

■ Khandara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**951

Working population ****43.1%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 71.0% for women. 65% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 7 (6%)

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 Kumarganj

- Bodra274 people
- Chak-Behatair265 people
- Gaurangapur264 people
- Udaypur262 people
- Krisnagar252 people
- Panitara249 people
- Raghunathpur244 people
- Matizapur237 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khandara?253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khandara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khandara?79.4% (Census 2011)