# Kendut Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Kendut

Kendut is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **448 people in 96 households**, the 54th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 448people (2011)
- 96households
- 67.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kendut

Of every 100 households in Kendut in 2011, 15 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kendut · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

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

**4%

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

**52%

Use banking services ****88%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kendut?

■ Kendut · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1156**

**937

Working population ****59.4%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 55.5% for women. 66% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (84%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 24 (9%)

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 Mejhia

- Benathol534 people
- Benabad499 people
- Jujghati494 people
- Janakpur455 people
- Mukundapur422 people
- Natshala395 people
- Raydi395 people
- Shaltora362 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kendut?448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kendut in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kendut?67.3% (Census 2011)