# Kendishta Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Kendishta

Kendishta is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,294 people in 562 households**, the 38th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 2,294people (2011)
- 562households
- 52.0%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kendishta

Of every 100 households in Kendishta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kendishta · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**25%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**58%

Own their home ****95%**

**93%

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 Kendishta?

■ Kendishta · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**964

Working population ****32.0%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 46.0% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 338 (46%) · **■** Household industry 33 (4%) · **■** Other work 60 (8%) · **■** Marginal 147 (20%)

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 Murarai - II

- Kulara2,449 people
- Baliadanga2,350 people
- Chhatina2,306 people
- Sadasibpur2,298 people
- Gaganpur2,033 people
- Bhadishta2,032 people
- Fazilpur1,955 people
- Kamalpur1,952 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kendishta?2,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kendishta in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kendishta?52.0% (Census 2011)