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Kandaha Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kandaha is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 258 families residing. The Kandaha village has population of 1194 of which 630 are males while 564 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 13.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandaha village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandaha as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kandaha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandaha village was 68.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kandaha Male literacy stands at 73.89 % while female literacy rate was 62.35 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kandaha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kandaha village.

Kandaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,194 630 564
Child (0-6) 160 90 70
Schedule Caste 534 288 246
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 68.38 % 73.89 % 62.35 %
Total Workers 523 371 152
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 359 213 146

Caste Factor

In Kandaha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.84 % of total population in Kandaha village.

Work Profile

In Kandaha village out of total population, 523 were engaged in work activities. 31.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 523 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.