# Bandar Gachh Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Bandar Gachh

Bandar Gachh is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,891 people in 900 households**, the 12th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 3,891people (2011)
- 900households
- 80.5%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bandar Gachh

Of every 100 households in Bandar Gachh in 2011, 72 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bandar Gachh · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**72%

Tap water ****39%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**88%

Use banking services ****56%**

**32%

Television ****54%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

Own their home ****92%**

**82%

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 Bandar Gachh?

■ Bandar Gachh · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****38.2%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 74.7% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 210 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 210 (14%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 762 (51%) · **■** Marginal 293 (20%)

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 Phansidewa

- Banshgaon5,958 people
- Liusipukuri5,185 people
- Uttar Bansgaon Kismat5,064 people
- Pathar Hirhirar Chhat4,039 people
- Bansgaonchakla3,876 people
- Purba Bansgaon3,859 people
- Dhakpara3,322 people
- Molani3,020 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bandar Gachh?3,891 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandar Gachh in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bandar Gachh?80.5% (Census 2011)