Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar
# Kher Bhander

Kher Bhander is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 754 people in 176 households, the 76th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.
- 754 people (2011)
- 176 households
- 84.0% literacy
- 933 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kher Bhander

Of every 100 households in Kher Bhander in 2011, 7 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kher Bhander · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 7% 15%
- Toilet within the home 35% 41%
- No toilet (open defecation) 65% 57%
- Tap water 1% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 89% 78%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 96%
- Use banking services 20% 31%
- Television 15% 9%
- Mobile phone 43% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 16% 32%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Kher Bhander?

■ Kher Bhander · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.0% 71.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 933 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1067 946
- Working population 49.7% 44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 75.9% for women. 61% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 97 (26%) · ■ Farm labourers 135 (36%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 9 (2%) · ■ Marginal 132 (35%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Mathabhanga - I
- Uttar Daibhangi 878 people
- Indrerkuthi 825 people
- Panaguri 800 people
- Dakshin Kharija Gopalpur 764 people
- Paschim Giladanga 703 people
- Uttar Kharija Gopalpur 665 people
- Paschim Jamirdanga 635 people
- Kharija Kesharibari 612 people

All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kher Bhander? 754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kher Bhander in? Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kher Bhander? 84.0% (Census 2011)

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