# Kenda Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Kenda

Kenda is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **707 people in 144 households**, the 66th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 707people (2011)
- 144households
- 48.7%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kenda

Of every 100 households in Kenda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kenda · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****52%**

**50%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**31%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

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 Kenda?

■ Kenda · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.7%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**987

Working population ****59.3%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 35.3% for women. 57% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 329 (79%)

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 Arsha

- Gurahata802 people
- Siridi777 people
- Juradi751 people
- Bamandiha716 people
- Pathardi705 people
- Piskapahari682 people
- Gayalikocha673 people
- Kanchanpur667 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kenda?707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kenda in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kenda?48.7% (Census 2011)