# Machhuakandar Village, Bamangola, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Bamangola, Maldah 

# Machhuakandar

Machhuakandar is a village in Bamangola sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **466 people in 94 households**, the 104th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 466people (2011)
- 94households
- 71.3%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machhuakandar

Of every 100 households in Machhuakandar in 2011, 27 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Machhuakandar · ■ Bamangola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**93%

Use banking services ****86%**

**23%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Machhuakandar?

■ Machhuakandar · ■ Bamangola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1292**

**953

Working population ****30.9%**

**42.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 62.9% for women. 45% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (8%) · **■** Marginal 130 (90%)

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 Bamangola

- Bijora497 people
- Turukmanail479 people
- Baisukbari469 people
- Biprabati466 people
- Sikail465 people
- Bijali459 people
- Uttar Chandrail448 people
- Ramnagar444 people

[All 142 villages in Bamangola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/bamangola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Machhuakandar?466 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machhuakandar in?Maldah district (Bamangola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Machhuakandar?71.3% (Census 2011)