# Kendua Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Kendua

Kendua is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,894 people in 678 households**, the 25th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 2,894people (2011)
- 678households
- 57.5%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kendua

Of every 100 households in Kendua in 2011, 15 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kendua · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**30%

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

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kendua?

■ Kendua · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**944

Working population ****38.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.4% for men and 49.5% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 722 (66%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 51 (5%) · **■** Marginal 100 (9%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Bagjana3,008 people
- Asrail2,977 people
- Sitalpur2,967 people
- Mathurapur2,919 people
- Serbabar Balarampur2,885 people
- Kobaia2,618 people
- Sihipur2,551 people
- Nadisik2,541 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kendua?2,894 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kendua in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kendua?57.5% (Census 2011)