# Bandakhola Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Bandakhola

Bandakhola is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,386 people in 709 households**, the 45th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 3,386people (2011)
- 709households
- 60.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bandakhola

Of every 100 households in Bandakhola in 2011, 22 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bandakhola · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**42%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****9%**

**23%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**39%

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 Bandakhola?

■ Bandakhola · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**968

Working population ****27.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.7% for men and 59.7% for women. 51% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 365 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 410 (44%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (7%) · **■** Marginal 96 (10%)

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 Nakashipara

- Kachkuli3,524 people
- Shuk Pukuria3,513 people
- Dharmmadaha3,459 people
- Kalibas3,437 people
- Giridharpur3,259 people
- Roybali3,216 people
- Belpukuria3,156 people
- Ramchandrapur3,041 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bandakhola?3,386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandakhola in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bandakhola?60.2% (Census 2011)