# Bhandira Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Bhandira

Bhandira is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,965 people in 503 households**, the 35th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,965people (2011)
- 503households
- 67.0%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhandira

Of every 100 households in Bhandira in 2011, 49 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhandira · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****67%**

**42%

Television ****35%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bhandira?

■ Bhandira · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**963

Working population ****32.9%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 58.8% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 402 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (14%) · **■** Marginal 110 (17%)

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 Kandi

- Gandhorbbapur2,214 people
- Marura2,208 people
- Jamna2,113 people
- Bundai2,014 people
- Indrahata1,924 people
- Boltali1,874 people
- Durlabhpur1,828 people
- Ranagram1,814 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhandira?1,965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandira in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandira?67.0% (Census 2011)