# Bandra Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/bandra/

Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Bandra

Bandra is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,240 people in 520 households**, the 14th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 2,240people (2011)
- 520households
- 65.2%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bandra

Of every 100 households in Bandra in 2011, 46 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bandra · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**70%

Use banking services ****90%**

**68%

Television ****38%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Bandra?

■ Bandra · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**976

Working population ****47.3%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 56.5% for women. 60% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (19%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 232 (22%) · **■** Marginal 555 (52%)

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 Kanksa

- Banskopa2,711 people
- Malandighi2,590 people
- Napara2,512 people
- Gangbil2,435 people
- Akandara2,051 people
- Domra2,035 people
- Ayma Biswanathpur1,971 people
- Tilakchandrapur1,970 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bandra?2,240 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandra in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bandra?65.2% (Census 2011)