Kendua | |
Settlement Type: | Census Town |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3#Asia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 24.9832°N 88.2475°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Malda |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1.2 |
Population Total: | 6452 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali[1] [2] |
Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
Demographics1 Info2: | English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 732121 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/ STD code |
Area Code: | 03511 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Maldaha Uttar |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Habibpur |
Iso Code: | IN-WB |
Kendua is a census town in the Habibpur CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kendua is located at 24.9832°N 88.2475°W.
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are “hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron.” It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes.” The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers.[3] The total area is overwhelmingly rural.[4] [5] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.[6]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kendua had a total population of 6,452, of which 3,296 (51%) were males and 3,156 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 673. The total number of literate persons in Kendua was 4,614 (79.84% of the population over 6 years).[7]
India census, Kendua had a population of 5,768. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kendua has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 53%. In Kendua, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.[8]
According to the District Census Handbook, Maldah, 2011, Kendua covered an area of 1.2 km2. It had 3 km roads with both open and closed drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, tube well/ bore well. It had 608 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities, it had 1 primary school in town, the nearest secondary school at Kachu Pukur 3 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had 1 public library. It produced mustard oil, beedi, paddy.[9]