# Kandpur Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Kandpur

Kandpur is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **547 people in 135 households**, the 89th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 547people (2011)
- 135households
- 73.4%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandpur

Of every 100 households in Kandpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandpur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**33%

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

**32%

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

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**83%

Use banking services ****24%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kandpur?

■ Kandpur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****707**

**947

Working population ****38.2%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 66.7% for women. 67% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 186 (89%)

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 Illambazar

- Brahmandihi663 people
- Sunut661 people
- Murandihi608 people
- Purbba Narayanpur600 people
- Shukdala543 people
- Lakshmipur542 people
- Bhubanaswer528 people
- Uttar Sultanpur511 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandpur?547 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandpur in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandpur?73.4% (Census 2011)