# Chaitanpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Chaitanpur

Chaitanpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **890 people in 178 households**, the 65th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 890people (2011)
- 178households
- 80.1%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitanpur

Of every 100 households in Chaitanpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaitanpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**75%

Use banking services ****69%**

**53%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

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 Chaitanpur?

■ Chaitanpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**948

Working population ****32.7%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 69.6% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 126 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (33%) · **■** Other work 35 (12%) · **■** Marginal 35 (12%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Kalyanpur951 people
- Aralkola937 people
- Balarampur929 people
- Kashipur915 people
- Amrita Para886 people
- Katnia871 people
- Harishchandrapur865 people
- Shalchaturia853 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitanpur?890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitanpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitanpur?80.1% (Census 2011)