# Kandarkona Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Kandarkona

Kandarkona is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,253 people in 266 households**, the 36th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,253people (2011)
- 266households
- 61.3%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandarkona

Of every 100 households in Kandarkona in 2011, 40 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandarkona · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**52%

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

**31%

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

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****35%**

**68%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kandarkona?

■ Kandarkona · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1188**

**976

Working population ****48.5%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 52.7% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 56 (9%) · **■** Marginal 534 (88%)

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

- Manikara1,348 people
- Sundiara1,300 people
- Basudebpur1,285 people
- Bankati1,255 people
- Radhamohanpur1,174 people
- Piariganj1,146 people
- Raghunathpur988 people
- Sasipur939 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandarkona?1,253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandarkona in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandarkona?61.3% (Census 2011)