# Kandaran Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Kandaran

Kandaran is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,634 people in 1,124 households**, the 8th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 5,634people (2011)
- 1,124households
- 50.3%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandaran

Of every 100 households in Kandaran in 2011, 29 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandaran · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**25%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**80%

Tap water ****28%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**16%

Television ****22%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****50%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kandaran?

■ Kandaran · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**953

Working population ****36.2%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.3% for men and 45.3% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 125 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 459 (23%) · **■** Household industry 101 (5%) · **■** Other work 684 (34%) · **■** Marginal 670 (33%)

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 - II

- Khanpur6,920 people
- Damaipur6,161 people
- Goalpara5,711 people
- Elangi5,704 people
- Jalalpur5,600 people
- Shripur4,968 people
- Bhakri4,502 people
- Chandua4,038 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandaran?5,634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandaran in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandaran?50.3% (Census 2011)