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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kardaha

Kardaha is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,577 people in 876 households**, the 8th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 3,577people (2011)
- 876households
- 81.8%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kardaha

Of every 100 households in Kardaha in 2011, 65 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kardaha · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**75%

Tap water ****53%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****48%**

**26%

Television ****46%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**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 Kardaha?

■ Kardaha · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**954

Working population ****43.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 76.5% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 283 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 272 (17%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 556 (36%) · **■** Marginal 442 (28%)

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

- Ramchandrapur4,538 people
- Mandapara4,262 people
- Lakshmipur3,933 people
- Bhaior3,716 people
- Shukdebpur3,560 people
- Basuria3,344 people
- Hazaratpur3,225 people
- Bhikahar3,070 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kardaha?3,577 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kardaha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kardaha?81.8% (Census 2011)