# Kandarpur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kandarpur

Kandarpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **356 people in 84 households**, the 123rd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 356people (2011)
- 84households
- 68.1%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandarpur

Of every 100 households in Kandarpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandarpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****6%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kandarpur?

■ Kandarpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****32.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 64.9% for women. 50% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 50 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (54%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%)

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 Bansihari

- Bejebikair380 people
- Sahabaddipur377 people
- Dahuakuri366 people
- Samaspur366 people
- Raghabnagar342 people
- Paharpur341 people
- Sardarpur328 people
- Uttar Srirampur312 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandarpur?356 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandarpur?68.1% (Census 2011)