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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mandapara

Mandapara is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,262 people in 949 households**, the 5th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 4,262people (2011)
- 949households
- 62.9%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mandapara

Of every 100 households in Mandapara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mandapara · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**26%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Mandapara?

■ Mandapara · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**954

Working population ****36.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 58.0% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 768 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 292 (19%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (4%) · **■** Marginal 404 (26%)

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

- Bazrapukur8,538 people
- Naogon4,908 people
- Salas4,772 people
- Ramchandrapur4,538 people
- Lakshmipur3,933 people
- Bhaior3,716 people
- Kardaha3,577 people
- Shukdebpur3,560 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mandapara?4,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mandapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mandapara?62.9% (Census 2011)