# Bhandarkona Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Bhandarkona

Bhandarkona is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,061 people in 241 households**, the 67th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,061people (2011)
- 241households
- 82.8%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhandarkona

Of every 100 households in Bhandarkona in 2011, 44 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhandarkona · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**12%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****6%**

**43%

Television ****24%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Bhandarkona?

■ Bhandarkona · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**960

Working population ****40.2%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 75.9% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 124 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (20%) · **■** Household industry 37 (9%) · **■** Other work 114 (27%) · **■** Marginal 66 (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 Haringhata

- Hazra Pota1,166 people
- Purba Satbaria1,159 people
- Bahir Sonakhali1,152 people
- Baliadanga1,066 people
- Malpara1,050 people
- Simul Pukharia961 people
- Sirajanpara900 people
- Panchpota842 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhandarkona?1,061 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandarkona in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandarkona?82.8% (Census 2011)