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Dahej Calculator
India's most illegal calculator. 100% accurate. πͺ
Dowry has been illegal in India since 1961 β yet still embedded in roughly every second wedding. Dahej Calculator estimates your "market value" based on caste, state, profession, education, income, and age. 37 states, 43 professions, research-backed multipliers. There's a separate Bride tab showing how a working woman triggers an instant "discount" Satire that makes uncomfortable math impossible to ignore. Try it. Screenshot it.
Hey Product Hunt π
I'm Chetan β content creator and developer from India. I built this in a weekend.
What inspired this:
Dowry has been illegal in India since 1961. That law is 64 years old. And yet β it's still in roughly every second Indian marriage. Families calculate it almost subconsciously based on caste, state, profession, education, income, and age. Aunties do a 5-second scan and arrive at a number. That number is real, and everyone in the family knows it, but no one talks about the math.
The problem I was trying to solve:
Awareness essays about dowry don't work. PSAs don't work. People scroll past statistics. So I tried something different β build a tool that makes the math visible. Turn the invisible calculation into a number on a screen, with a breakdown of which factor added how much. Suddenly the absurdity isn't abstract β it's quantified.
How it works:
Pick your state, profession, caste, education, income, age β and the calculator outputs your "market value" in rupees. There's a Bride tab that shows how a working woman triggers an instant discount in the system. Select Meghalaya, and the whole system flips β it's a matrilineal society where the groom's family pays. π
The data:
Backed by World Bank dowry inflation research, NCRB reports, and regional matrimonial market studies. 37 states, 43 professions, real multipliers β not made-up numbers. The satire only works because the math is real.
How my approach evolved:
I originally planned a simple form with a single output. But the more I researched, the more I realized the breakdown was what made it powerful. Showing "+βΉ18L for being from Haryana" or "-βΉ35L because the bride is a software engineer" β that's where the discomfort lives. So I rebuilt the result page around the breakdown cards.
Tech:
Single HTML file, vanilla JS, embedded data layer, no backend, deployed on Vercel. Built with Claude as my pair programmer.
What I'm hoping for:
That people share it, screenshot their numbers, and have an uncomfortable conversation with their family about why a calculator can predict their "expectations" so accurately.
Would love your feedback β especially on the data model, the UX, and whether the satire angle reads clearly. AMA below πͺ
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About Dahej Calculator on Product Hunt
βIndia's most illegal calculator. 100% accurate. πͺβ
Dahej Calculator was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #66 on the daily leaderboard. Dowry has been illegal in India since 1961 β yet still embedded in roughly every second wedding. Dahej Calculator estimates your "market value" based on caste, state, profession, education, income, and age. 37 states, 43 professions, research-backed multipliers. There's a separate Bride tab showing how a working woman triggers an instant "discount" Satire that makes uncomfortable math impossible to ignore. Try it. Screenshot it.
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Dahej Calculator was hunted by Chetan Pujari. A βhunterβ on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform β uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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