Village · Kalchini, Jalpaiguri
# Dakshin Mandabari

Dakshin Mandabari is a village in Kalchini sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,037 people in 467 households, the 31st largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.
- 2,037 people (2011)
- 467 households
- 59.9% literacy
- 978 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mandabari

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mandabari in 2011, 12 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Mandabari · ■ Kalchini rural average
- Electricity for lighting 12% 54%
- Toilet within the home 36% 35%
- No toilet (open defecation) 61% 63%
- Tap water 0% 50%
- Drinking water within premises 47% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 68% 61%
- Television 6% 31%
- Mobile phone 18% 25%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 24% 30%
- Own their home 99% 55%

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

## What is the population of Dakshin Mandabari?

■ Dakshin Mandabari · ■ Kalchini rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.9% 65.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 978 1005
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 978 980
- Working population 46.3% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 52.6% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 152 (16%) · ■ Farm labourers 176 (19%) · ■ Household industry 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 122 (13%) · ■ Marginal 488 (52%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kalchini
- Buxa Hill Forest 2,889 people
- Dakshin Latabari 2,450 people
- Madhya Satali 2,240 people
- Dakshin Satali 2,189 people
- Satali Mandalpara 1,962 people
- Uttar Barajhar Forest 1,783 people
- Radharani Tea Garden 1,492 people
- Satali Nakadala 1,305 people

All 41 villages in Kalchini

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Mandabari? 2,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mandabari in? Jalpaiguri district (Kalchini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mandabari? 59.9% (Census 2011)

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