# Kedarchandpur Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Kedarchandpur

Kedarchandpur is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,838 people in 2,042 households**, the 11th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 8,838people (2011)
- 2,042households
- 68.4%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kedarchandpur

Of every 100 households in Kedarchandpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kedarchandpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**52%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**64%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**29%

Television ****13%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kedarchandpur?

■ Kedarchandpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**969

Working population ****30.8%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 66.7% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 710 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,276 (47%) · **■** Household industry 59 (2%) · **■** Other work 265 (10%) · **■** Marginal 410 (15%)

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 Nawda

- Raypur11,504 people
- Patikabari11,232 people
- Tungi9,128 people
- Sonatikri8,982 people
- Goghata8,627 people
- Mahammadpur7,298 people
- Chandkati7,046 people
- Bundai Nagar6,908 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kedarchandpur?8,838 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kedarchandpur in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kedarchandpur?68.4% (Census 2011)