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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sekendarpur

Sekendarpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,223 people in 304 households**, the 48th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,223people (2011)
- 304households
- 70.7%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekendarpur

Of every 100 households in Sekendarpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sekendarpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****33%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sekendarpur?

■ Sekendarpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****672**

**955

Working population ****44.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 64.2% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (32%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (17%) · **■** Marginal 158 (29%)

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

- Chakdhapara1,243 people
- Rasulpur1,230 people
- Adyakhanda1,228 people
- Shabdalpur1,227 people
- Dhakdhol1,219 people
- Mangalpur1,218 people
- Kachara1,214 people
- Baragachhi1,200 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekendarpur?1,223 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekendarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekendarpur?70.7% (Census 2011)