# Sandia Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sandia

Sandia is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,828 people in 400 households**, the 53rd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,828people (2011)
- 400households
- 48.5%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sandia

Of every 100 households in Sandia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sandia · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sandia?

■ Sandia · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**955

Working population ****51.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 40.2% for women. 64% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 207 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (37%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (3%) · **■** Marginal 355 (38%)

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 Itahar

- Birnagar1,957 people
- Sonapur1,935 people
- Mahashunda1,891 people
- Behati1,852 people
- Chalnia1,822 people
- Indran1,819 people
- Sridharpur1,816 people
- Chabhat1,798 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sandia?1,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sandia in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sandia?48.5% (Census 2011)