# Bendal Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bendal

Bendal is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,311 people in 255 households**, the 47th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,311people (2011)
- 255households
- 63.6%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bendal

Of every 100 households in Bendal in 2011, 1 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bendal · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**1%

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

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****3%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**44%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bendal?

■ Bendal · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**977

Working population ****27.8%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 60.3% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (5%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 120 (33%) · **■** Marginal 198 (54%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Narayanpur1,341 people
- Bahadurpur1,331 people
- Atkrishnarampur1,328 people
- Haridebpur1,321 people
- Basarali1,297 people
- Baradron1,258 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,253 people
- Khorda Sadasibpur1,213 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bendal?1,311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bendal in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bendal?63.6% (Census 2011)