Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Mahindar

Mahindar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 842 people in 180 households, the 99th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 842 people (2011)
- 180 households
- 81.2% literacy
- 1,005 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahindar

Of every 100 households in Mahindar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahindar · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 36% 31%
- Toilet within the home 22% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 78% 75%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 44% 26%
- Television 24% 16%
- Mobile phone 32% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 33%
- Own their home 95% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Mahindar?

■ Mahindar · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 81.2% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1005 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 954
- Working population 53.6% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 75.5% for women. 59% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 143 (32%) · ■ Farm labourers 9 (2%) · ■ Other work 18 (4%) · ■ Marginal 281 (62%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Arjunpur 851 people
- Benipur 850 people
- Sirahal 849 people
- Chak Bhagirath 845 people
- Baghait 841 people
- Parbatipur 835 people
- Zaziar 824 people
- Nazirpur 823 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Other places named Mahindar
- Mahindar · Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman · 2,912 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Mahindar? 842 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahindar in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahindar? 81.2% (Census 2011)

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