# Mendia Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mendia

Mendia is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,448 people in 351 households**, the 102nd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,448people (2011)
- 351households
- 85.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mendia

Of every 100 households in Mendia in 2011, 18 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mendia · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****70%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mendia?

■ Mendia · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**962

Working population ****36.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 78.7% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (49%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 187 (35%) · **■** Marginal 11 (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 Bongaon

- Natidanga1,543 people
- Shubha Ratnapur1,532 people
- Madhabpur1,478 people
- Dakshin Jiala1,458 people
- Hanidanga1,401 people
- Belgaria1,376 people
- Dhoramari1,333 people
- Alakulipur1,330 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mendia?1,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mendia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mendia?85.3% (Census 2011)