Kendua is a

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in the Habibpur CD block in the

Malda Sadar subdivision Malda Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Malda Sadar subdivision covers both the Barind Tract and the Diara, two of the three physiographic subregions of the dis ...

Malda district Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (, , often ), is a district in West Bengal, India. It lies 347 km (215 miles) north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Mango, jute and silk are the most notable products of this district. ...

in the

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Geography

Location

Kendua is located at .

Area overview

The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the ''

Barind Barind Tract (alternately called the Varendra Tract in English and Borendro Bhumi in Bengali) is the largest Pleistocene era physiographic unit in the Bengal Basin. It covers most of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Pabna, Rajshahi, Bogra, and Joypurhat d ...

'' 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 Mahananda River (Pron:/ˌməhɑːˈnʌndə or ˌmɑːhəˈnʌndə/) is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal, and Bangladesh. It is an important tributary of the Ganges. Course The Mahananda ...

. 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

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s.” The ''tal'' area is prone to flooding by local rivers.The total area is overwhelmingly

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.There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and

Jagjivanpur Jagajjibanpur or Jagajivanpur (in Bengali: জগজ্জীবনপুর) is an archaeological site in Habibpur block of Malda district in West Bengal state in eastern India. This site is located at a distance of 41 km east from English Ba ...

. 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.

Demographics

According to the

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, 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). India

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, 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.

Infrastructure

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 Kachu Pukur is a census town in the Habibpur CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Kachu Pukur is located at . Area overview The area shown in the adjacent map cov ...

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

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, paddy.

References

Cities and towns in Malda district {{Malda-geo-stub