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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Madnahar

Madnahar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,066 people in 262 households**, the 71st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,066people (2011)
- 262households
- 55.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Madnahar

Of every 100 households in Madnahar in 2011, 26 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Madnahar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****25%**

**26%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**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 Madnahar?

■ Madnahar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****35.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 49.4% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 191 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (16%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 105 (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

- Katrail1,118 people
- Gopinathpur1,090 people
- Kakna1,089 people
- Purba Nimpur1,077 people
- Santirhati1,062 people
- Bad Sankair1,055 people
- Bandihar1,051 people
- Uttar Mahadebpur1,051 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Madnahar?1,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Madnahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Madnahar?55.4% (Census 2011)