# Kendua Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Kendua

Kendua is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,408 people in 478 households**, the 21st largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 2,408people (2011)
- 478households
- 54.3%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kendua

Of every 100 households in Kendua in 2011, 17 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kendua · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**28%

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

**71%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****57%**

**44%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**31%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

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 · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**956

Working population ****42.3%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.6% for men and 48.9% for women. 48% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (5%) · **■** Household industry 360 (35%) · **■** Other work 495 (49%) · **■** Marginal 50 (5%)

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 Farakka

- Chauki3,576 people
- Dohitpur3,272 people
- Pachula Gram3,088 people
- Chandore2,791 people
- Sikarpur2,328 people
- Bagdabra2,284 people
- Kashinagar2,076 people
- Samaspur1,615 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kendua?2,408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kendua in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kendua?54.3% (Census 2011)