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

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Sandalpur

Sandalpur is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,071 people in 796 households**, the 24th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 3,071people (2011)
- 796households
- 81.8%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sandalpur

Of every 100 households in Sandalpur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sandalpur · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**17%

Tap water ****30%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**89%

Use banking services ****16%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sandalpur?

■ Sandalpur · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1173**

**940

Working population ****41.9%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 76.0% for women. 61% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (16%) · **■** Household industry 104 (8%) · **■** Other work 369 (29%) · **■** Marginal 516 (40%)

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

- Paramhansapur3,310 people
- Dakshin Narikelda3,270 people
- Puyeda3,124 people
- Bar Baichberya3,119 people
- Naradari2,814 people
- Kalyan Chak2,774 people
- Tikarampur2,735 people
- Mandar Gachhya2,691 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 Sandalpur?3,071 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sandalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sandalpur?81.8% (Census 2011)