# Kandighi Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Kandighi

Kandighi is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **309 people in 65 households**, the 162nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 309people (2011)
- 65households
- 53.1%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandighi

Of every 100 households in Kandighi in 2011, 26 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kandighi · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**77%

Use banking services ****20%**

**51%

Television ****22%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kandighi?

■ Kandighi · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.1%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**980

Working population ****39.2%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 40.9% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (7%) · **■** Other work 12 (10%) · **■** Marginal 100 (83%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Kultor326 people
- Kanchannagar321 people
- Noapara314 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur312 people
- Chak Balaram288 people
- Mohanpur270 people
- Aduria255 people
- Shrirampur252 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandighi?309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandighi in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandighi?53.1% (Census 2011)