# Dandeshwar Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Dandeshwar

Dandeshwar is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **897 people in 195 households**, the 41st largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 897people (2011)
- 195households
- 57.2%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dandeshwar

Of every 100 households in Dandeshwar in 2011, 69 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dandeshwar · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**38%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**70%

Use banking services ****68%**

**68%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dandeshwar?

■ Dandeshwar · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.2%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1263**

**976

Working population ****60.3%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 46.7% for women. 63% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 354 (65%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 130 (24%)

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

- Radhamohanpur1,174 people
- Piariganj1,146 people
- Raghunathpur988 people
- Sasipur939 people
- Dhobaru859 people
- Keshabpur832 people
- Paschim Gangarampur780 people
- Garadaha745 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dandeshwar?897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dandeshwar in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dandeshwar?57.2% (Census 2011)