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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mehandabari

Mehandabari is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,307 people in 273 households**, the 104th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,307people (2011)
- 273households
- 61.3%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mehandabari

Of every 100 households in Mehandabari in 2011, 53 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mehandabari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**19%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mehandabari?

■ Mehandabari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**943

Working population ****44.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 49.8% for women. 48% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 97 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (37%) · **■** Other work 128 (22%) · **■** Marginal 146 (25%)

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

- Bhaksala1,352 people
- Kachna1,321 people
- Kismat Altapur1,320 people
- Khudar Gachhi1,318 people
- Dalmadh1,302 people
- Kantirpa1,301 people
- Harasanda1,299 people
- Chand Gola1,286 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mehandabari?1,307 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehandabari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mehandabari?61.3% (Census 2011)