# Benikandar Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Benikandar

Benikandar is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,901 people in 569 households**, the 34th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 2,901people (2011)
- 569households
- 47.1%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benikandar

Of every 100 households in Benikandar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benikandar · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**62%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**40%

Own their home ****90%**

**98%

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 Benikandar?

■ Benikandar · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.1%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**967

Working population ****37.8%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 35.6% for women. 52% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 307 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (19%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 424 (39%) · **■** Marginal 145 (13%)

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 Islampur

- Kundargaon3,306 people
- Kalanagin3,265 people
- Chhatish3,257 people
- Pothia3,108 people
- Bolhanja2,880 people
- Rampur2,855 people
- Masidkhas2,808 people
- Nandoi2,790 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benikandar?2,901 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benikandar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benikandar?47.1% (Census 2011)