Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya
# Daka Kendu

Daka Kendu is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,759 people in 318 households, the 17th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.
- 1,759 people (2011)
- 318 households
- 60.3% literacy
- 1,038 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Daka Kendu

Of every 100 households in Daka Kendu in 2011, 40 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Daka Kendu · ■ Manbazar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 40% 28%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 95%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 89%
- Use banking services 8% 31%
- Television 9% 10%
- Mobile phone 23% 25%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 21% 29%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Daka Kendu?

■ Daka Kendu · ■ Manbazar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.3% 62.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1038 975
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1141 939
- Working population 55.3% 49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 47.2% for women. 62% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 172 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 165 (17%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 35 (4%) · ■ Marginal 594 (61%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Manbazar - I
- Pathorkata 1,864 people
- Kuda 1,826 people
- Banmohara 1,809 people
- Kamta 1,783 people
- Jamgoria 1,736 people
- Mahara 1,678 people
- Payrachali 1,668 people
- Bisri 1,660 people

All 243 villages in Manbazar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Daka Kendu? 1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Daka Kendu in? Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Daka Kendu? 60.3% (Census 2011)

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