# Purba Mankadanga Village, Islampur – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/purba-mankadanga/

Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Mankadanga

Purba Mankadanga is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **734 people in 146 households**, the 85th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 734people (2011)
- 146households
- 26.6%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Mankadanga

Of every 100 households in Purba Mankadanga in 2011, 75 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Mankadanga · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**40%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Purba Mankadanga?

■ Purba Mankadanga · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.6%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**967

Working population ****26.6%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 34.6% for men and 18.1% for women. 48% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (14%) · **■** Household industry 9 (5%) · **■** Other work 46 (24%) · **■** Marginal 76 (39%)

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 Islampur

- Uttar Khojagaon930 people
- Sahatpur892 people
- Dakshin Thuthipakar878 people
- Bhangamali776 people
- Sabudanga666 people
- Phulhar621 people
- Birsinggachh592 people
- Alipur591 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Mankadanga?734 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Mankadanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Mankadanga?26.6% (Census 2011)