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Bandihar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bandihar is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 234 families residing. The Bandihar village has population of 1051 of which 547 are males while 504 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bandihar village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 10.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bandihar village is 921 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bandihar as per census is 691, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bandihar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bandihar village was 55.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bandihar Male literacy stands at 60.75 % while female literacy rate was 49.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bandihar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bandihar village.

Bandihar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 234 - -
Population 1,051 547 504
Child (0-6) 115 68 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,050 546 504
Literacy 55.02 % 60.75 % 49.02 %
Total Workers 522 333 189
Main Worker 349 - -
Marginal Worker 173 11 162

Caste Factor

In Bandihar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.90 % of total population in Bandihar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bandihar village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Bandihar village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 66.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 299 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.