# Kendangal Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Kendangal

Kendangal is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,344 people in 560 households**, the 22nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,344people (2011)
- 560households
- 70.3%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kendangal

Of every 100 households in Kendangal in 2011, 30 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kendangal · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**45%

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

**27%

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

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**82%

Use banking services ****60%**

**61%

Television ****16%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Kendangal?

■ Kendangal · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**972

Working population ****37.7%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 63.8% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 129 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 294 (33%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 126 (14%) · **■** Marginal 321 (36%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Jajnanagar2,542 people
- Ballabhpur2,525 people
- Bejra2,497 people
- Taltor2,380 people
- Raipur2,320 people
- Jashra2,236 people
- Uttar Narayanpur2,188 people
- Shian2,106 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kendangal?2,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kendangal in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kendangal?70.3% (Census 2011)