# Chinchura Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Chinchura

Chinchura is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **687 people in 137 households**, the 55th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 687people (2011)
- 137households
- 55.6%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chinchura

Of every 100 households in Chinchura in 2011, 52 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chinchura · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**68%

Use banking services ****9%**

**35%

Television ****19%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chinchura?

■ Chinchura · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**961

Working population ****34.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 47.2% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (39%) · **■** Other work 139 (59%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Bankura - I

- Gangtara758 people
- Dhobagaon753 people
- Purundihi734 people
- Ekaira709 people
- Debipur684 people
- Barut659 people
- Kustara632 people
- Pachirdang629 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chinchura?687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chinchura in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chinchura?55.6% (Census 2011)