# Kandara Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Kandara

Kandara is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **11,534 people in 2,560 households**, the 1st largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 11,534people (2011)
- 2,560households
- 70.8%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandara

Of every 100 households in Kandara in 2011, 54 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kandara · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**60%

Tap water ****8%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**68%

Television ****35%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**42%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Kandara?

■ Kandara · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**955

Working population ****33.4%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 65.4% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 754 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,216 (32%) · **■** Household industry 73 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,258 (33%) · **■** Marginal 549 (14%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Amgaria6,904 people
- Ankhona6,554 people
- Morgram6,197 people
- Murgram5,919 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandara?11,534 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandara in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandara?70.8% (Census 2011)