# Chaitanyapur Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Chaitanyapur

Chaitanyapur is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **902 people in 169 households**, the 66th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 902people (2011)
- 169households
- 80.5%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitanyapur

Of every 100 households in Chaitanyapur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaitanyapur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**67%

Use banking services ****58%**

**43%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Chaitanyapur?

■ Chaitanyapur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****790**

**908

Working population ****47.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 71.4% for women. 58% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (15%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 109 (26%) · **■** Marginal 110 (26%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Khayer Bani970 people
- Nutangram953 people
- Subar Nator937 people
- Ranga Metya919 people
- Madanpur896 people
- Salbedya894 people
- Bhaluka Pahari888 people
- Balijora860 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitanyapur?902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitanyapur in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitanyapur?80.5% (Census 2011)