# Mankaur Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mankaur

Mankaur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,463 people in 517 households**, the 51st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,463people (2011)
- 517households
- 49.8%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mankaur

Of every 100 households in Mankaur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mankaur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**78%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**19%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mankaur?

■ Mankaur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**943

Working population ****45.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.2% for men and 43.3% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 185 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (34%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (5%) · **■** Marginal 484 (43%)

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 Karandighi

- Alianagar2,527 people
- Balia2,514 people
- Bahangaon2,507 people
- Budhra2,465 people
- Singardaha2,425 people
- Baliamani2,414 people
- Maheshbathna2,370 people
- Sadipur2,290 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mankaur?2,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mankaur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mankaur?49.8% (Census 2011)