# Majhi Khanda Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Majhi Khanda

Majhi Khanda is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **694 people in 164 households**, the 130th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 694people (2011)
- 164households
- 74.0%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhi Khanda

Of every 100 households in Majhi Khanda in 2011, 17 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Majhi Khanda · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****79%**

**26%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**33%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Majhi Khanda?

■ Majhi Khanda · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****721**

**954

Working population ****59.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 67.4% for women. 60% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (7%) · **■** Household industry 21 (5%) · **■** Other work 45 (11%) · **■** Marginal 286 (69%)

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

- Chandipur700 people
- Kamdebbati698 people
- Nischinta696 people
- Shribai695 people
- Kauli690 people
- Manipur687 people
- Minapara686 people
- Rajballabh Chak680 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhi Khanda?694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhi Khanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majhi Khanda?74.0% (Census 2011)