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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gandihar

Gandihar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **392 people in 94 households**, the 201st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 392people (2011)
- 94households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gandihar

Of every 100 households in Gandihar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandihar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gandihar?

■ Gandihar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**954

Working population ****56.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 65.1% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 104 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 104 (47%)

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

- Chak Nedair410 people
- Gobindapur403 people
- Aktail398 people
- Uttar Gauripur393 people
- Dakshin Kesrail390 people
- Dhulahar387 people
- Chak Brindaban384 people
- Jamalgachhi383 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gandihar?392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandihar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gandihar?67.5% (Census 2011)