# Sarakandar Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Sarakandar

Sarakandar is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 173 households**, the 133rd largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 775people (2011)
- 173households
- 49.5%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarakandar

Of every 100 households in Sarakandar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sarakandar · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**33%

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 Sarakandar?

■ Sarakandar · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.5%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**979

Working population ****36.6%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.4% for men and 41.3% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (45%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 27 (10%)

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 Gazole

- Bahuthar798 people
- Chandpur798 people
- Majhra797 people
- Homdighi781 people
- Tanti Bari769 people
- Madhabpara762 people
- Rajnagar762 people
- Bajesahil756 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarakandar?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarakandar in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarakandar?49.5% (Census 2011)