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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Manikor

Manikor is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,886 people in 407 households**, the 17th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,886people (2011)
- 407households
- 62.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikor

Of every 100 households in Manikor in 2011, 25 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manikor · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****18%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Manikor?

■ Manikor · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**955

Working population ****35.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 53.4% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 361 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (6%) · **■** Marginal 170 (25%)

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

- Lakshmipur2,268 people
- Dehabanda2,161 people
- Panchhata2,023 people
- Betahar1,942 people
- Ekdala Bahirhata1,878 people
- Anantapur1,832 people
- Shikrishnapur1,786 people
- Deul1,781 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikor?1,886 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikor in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikor?62.2% (Census 2011)