# Kendapara Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Kendapara

Kendapara is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,488 people in 332 households**, the 11th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 1,488people (2011)
- 332households
- 50.2%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kendapara

Of every 100 households in Kendapara in 2011, 12 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kendapara · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****6%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kendapara?

■ Kendapara · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**957

Working population ****44.8%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 37.0% for women. 50% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (27%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 225 (34%) · **■** Marginal 224 (34%)

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 Bundwan

- Pargela1,861 people
- Saga1,782 people
- Rajgram1,610 people
- Gurur1,500 people
- Chirudi1,415 people
- Haludbani1,405 people
- Mangal1,400 people
- Udalbani1,365 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kendapara?1,488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kendapara in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kendapara?50.2% (Census 2011)