# Chhandar Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Chhandar

Chhandar is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,776 people in 404 households**, the 28th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,776people (2011)
- 404households
- 78.4%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhandar

Of every 100 households in Chhandar in 2011, 64 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhandar · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**65%

Use banking services ****96%**

**60%

Television ****38%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chhandar?

■ Chhandar · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**943

Working population ****36.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 68.9% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (14%) · **■** Household industry 60 (9%) · **■** Other work 227 (35%) · **■** Marginal 161 (25%)

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 Barjora

- Nutangram1,919 people
- Rajmadhabpur1,845 people
- Napara1,832 people
- Tajpur1,804 people
- Pratappur1,735 people
- Pakhanna Pratappur1,705 people
- Monohar1,684 people
- Bhairabpur1,555 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhandar?1,776 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhandar in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhandar?78.4% (Census 2011)