# Bandihar Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bandihar

Bandihar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,051 people in 234 households**, the 74th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,051people (2011)
- 234households
- 55.0%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bandihar

Of every 100 households in Bandihar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bandihar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bandihar?

■ Bandihar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****691**

**954

Working population ****49.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 49.0% for women. 61% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 299 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 173 (33%)

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 Tapan

- Purba Nimpur1,077 people
- Madnahar1,066 people
- Santirhati1,062 people
- Bad Sankair1,055 people
- Uttar Mahadebpur1,051 people
- Bhadrail1,049 people
- Rajeswarpur1,003 people
- Sarifabad985 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bandihar?1,051 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandihar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bandihar?55.0% (Census 2011)