# Kandalda Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Kandalda

Kandalda is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,095 people in 250 households**, the 76th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,095people (2011)
- 250households
- 89.6%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandalda

Of every 100 households in Kandalda in 2011, 47 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kandalda · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**40%

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

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**17%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****52%**

**39%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Kandalda?

■ Kandalda · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**940

Working population ****45.7%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 86.0% for women. 64% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (6%) · **■** Household industry 62 (12%) · **■** Other work 225 (45%) · **■** Marginal 85 (17%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Betaldighi1,111 people
- Chak Baichabere1,104 people
- Pandabbasan1,098 people
- Bagmari1,096 people
- Radhanagar Chak1,090 people
- Taragere1,062 people
- Paramanandapur1,037 people
- Bengimuda1,014 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandalda?1,095 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandalda in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandalda?89.6% (Census 2011)