# Kandra Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Kandra

Kandra is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,258 people in 319 households**, the 78th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,258people (2011)
- 319households
- 64.3%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandra

Of every 100 households in Kandra in 2011, 15 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandra · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**26%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****88%**

**53%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Kandra?

■ Kandra · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**960

Working population ****30.4%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 53.3% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 308 (80%) · **■** Other work 31 (8%) · **■** Marginal 9 (2%)

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 Khargram

- Atgharia1,332 people
- Dangapara1,303 people
- Goai1,293 people
- Podda1,273 people
- Churigram1,238 people
- Sundarpur1,235 people
- Nonadanga1,225 people
- Palasi1,225 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandra?1,258 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandra in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandra?64.3% (Census 2011)