# Chanchar Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Chanchar

Chanchar is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,141 people in 265 households**, the 46th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,141people (2011)
- 265households
- 53.4%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanchar

Of every 100 households in Chanchar in 2011, 27 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chanchar · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**87%

Use banking services ****26%**

**62%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**16%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Chanchar?

■ Chanchar · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****663**

**985

Working population ****36.0%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 44.8% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 137 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (33%) · **■** Other work 77 (19%) · **■** Marginal 63 (15%)

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 Vishnupur

- Harinagar1,334 people
- Benachapra1,262 people
- Dharampur1,239 people
- Gopalpur1,223 people
- Joyrampur1,129 people
- Abantika1,109 people
- Hetagara1,102 people
- Dhengasol1,094 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanchar?1,141 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanchar in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanchar?53.4% (Census 2011)