# Sekendari Village, Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Sekendari

Sekendari is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,668 people in 344 households**, the 36th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,668people (2011)
- 344households
- 76.8%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekendari

Of every 100 households in Sekendari in 2011, 48 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sekendari · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**60%

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

**38%

Tap water ****77%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**25%

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

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****22%**

**59%

Television ****30%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sekendari?

■ Sekendari · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**972

Working population ****37.4%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 68.0% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (23%) · **■** Household industry 129 (21%) · **■** Other work 110 (18%) · **■** Marginal 89 (14%)

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 Daspur - I

- Dharmma1,759 people
- Karuna Chak1,701 people
- Gadighat1,694 people
- Radhanagar1,672 people
- Nabinsimla1,622 people
- Radha Krishnapur1,622 people
- Gobindapur1,618 people
- Dubrajpur1,612 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekendari?1,668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekendari in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekendari?76.8% (Census 2011)