# Kandaha Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kandaha

Kandaha is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,194 people in 258 households**, the 55th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,194people (2011)
- 258households
- 68.4%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandaha

Of every 100 households in Kandaha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandaha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****8%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Kandaha?

■ Kandaha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**955

Working population ****43.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 62.3% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 359 (69%)

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 Kushmundi

- Kachara1,214 people
- Baragachhi1,200 people
- Bateshwar1,200 people
- Aminpur1,199 people
- Nabhor1,187 people
- Durgapur1,185 people
- Samsia1,176 people
- Ayera1,133 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandaha?1,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandaha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandaha?68.4% (Census 2011)