# Kandapa Shara Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kandapa Shara

Kandapa Shara is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,971 people in 646 households**, the 21st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 2,971people (2011)
- 646households
- 91.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandapa Shara

Of every 100 households in Kandapa Shara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kandapa Shara · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**11%

Tap water ****15%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**31%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kandapa Shara?

■ Kandapa Shara · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.1%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**922

Working population ****26.9%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 86.5% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 139 (17%) · **■** Marginal 557 (70%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Bhekutya3,352 people
- Gadai Balbar3,327 people
- Debipur3,298 people
- Gopimohanpur3,272 people
- Usman Chak2,918 people
- Bartalya2,838 people
- Durgapur2,536 people
- Chilinga2,505 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandapa Shara?2,971 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandapa Shara in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandapa Shara?91.1% (Census 2011)