# Bhandarkura Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhandarkura

Bhandarkura is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,545 people in 314 households**, the 60th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,545people (2011)
- 314households
- 65.5%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhandarkura

Of every 100 households in Bhandarkura in 2011, 23 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhandarkura · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**37%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**16%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**28%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bhandarkura?

■ Bhandarkura · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1132**

**962

Working population ****33.5%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 63.1% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 110 (21%) · **■** Marginal 116 (22%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Chak Bhika1,634 people
- Mousal1,631 people
- Balipur1,549 people
- Saitgachhi1,549 people
- Hogaldara1,510 people
- Dakshin Narikel Beria1,493 people
- Srirampur1,402 people
- Kamar Hati1,306 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhandarkura?1,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandarkura in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandarkura?65.5% (Census 2011)