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

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Chingra

Chingra is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,260 people in 244 households**, the 21st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,260people (2011)
- 244households
- 54.1%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chingra

Of every 100 households in Chingra in 2011, 32 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chingra · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**42%

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

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**68%

Use banking services ****37%**

**35%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

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 Chingra?

■ Chingra · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**961

Working population ****30.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 41.1% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 230 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (14%) · **■** Other work 48 (12%) · **■** Marginal 55 (14%)

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

- Dhulidihi1,334 people
- Dakshinbankati1,312 people
- Darpanagar1,307 people
- Gosaindihi1,302 people
- Sanaband1,238 people
- Ailakundi1,207 people
- Kalpathar1,173 people
- Patalkhuri1,149 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chingra?1,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chingra in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chingra?54.1% (Census 2011)