Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Kandarpapur

Kandarpapur is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 520 people in 103 households, the 74th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.
- 520 people (2011)
- 103 households
- 70.7% literacy
- 912 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandarpapur

Of every 100 households in Kandarpapur in 2011, 79 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandarpapur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 79% 32%
- Toilet within the home 18% 38%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 58%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 0% 18%
- Television 0% 16%
- Mobile phone 0% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 88% 46%
- Own their home 100% 97%

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

## What is the population of Kandarpapur?

■ Kandarpapur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 70.7% 73.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 912 952
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1200 982
- Working population 35.6% 32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 61.7% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 33 (18%) · ■ Other work 5 (3%) · ■ Marginal 145 (78%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Mathurapur - I
- Khonjkhidir 570 people
- Bhagabatipur 566 people
- Kaipukuria 559 people
- Uttar Janardanpur 524 people
- Daudpur 462 people
- Radhanagar 408 people
- Shobhanagar 394 people
- Rajarampur 378 people

All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I

## Other places named Kandarpapur
- Kandarpapur · Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur · 1,862 people
- Kandarpapur · Village, Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur · 1,034 people
- Kandarpapur · Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur · 651 people
- Kandarpapur · Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum · 583 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kandarpapur? 520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandarpapur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandarpapur? 70.7% (Census 2011)

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