# Mandahar Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mandahar

Mandahar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **813 people in 175 households**, the 97th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 813people (2011)
- 175households
- 59.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mandahar

Of every 100 households in Mandahar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mandahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Mandahar?

■ Mandahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1341**

**955

Working population ****32.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 51.7% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 68 (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 Kushmundi

- Mahator841 people
- Jaminipara827 people
- Kapuria826 people
- Daharol823 people
- Sahapur804 people
- Mahagram803 people
- Mahabullapur798 people
- Dikul770 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mandahar?813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mandahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mandahar?59.2% (Census 2011)