# Bengkandi Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Bengkandi

Bengkandi is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,667 people in 621 households**, the 50th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 2,667people (2011)
- 621households
- 73.4%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bengkandi

Of every 100 households in Bengkandi in 2011, 14 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bengkandi · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**43%

Tap water ****17%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**90%

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 Bengkandi?

■ Bengkandi · ■ Falakata rural average

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

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**941

Working population ****36.6%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 63.6% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 544 (56%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 152 (16%) · **■** Marginal 132 (14%)

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 Falakata

- Guabar Nagar2,981 people
- Dalgaon2,975 people
- Bangshidharpur2,907 people
- Dakshin Parangarpar2,805 people
- Ethelbari Tea Garden2,619 people
- Jhar Beltali2,607 people
- Beltali Bhandani2,409 people
- Kshirarkot2,326 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bengkandi?2,667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bengkandi in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bengkandi?73.4% (Census 2011)