Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman
# Dakshin Chandipur

Dakshin Chandipur is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 582 people in 142 households, the 78th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.
- 582 people (2011)
- 142 households
- 78.1% literacy
- 927 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Chandipur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Chandipur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 96% 45%
- Toilet within the home 16% 59%
- No toilet (open defecation) 84% 40%
- Tap water 1% 18%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 81%
- Use banking services 8% 48%
- Television 15% 24%
- Mobile phone 25% 41%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 23% 26%
- Own their home 71% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakshin Chandipur?

■ Dakshin Chandipur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.1% 77.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 927 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 931 954
- Working population 41.8% 39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 69.2% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 32 (13%) · ■ Farm labourers 103 (42%) · ■ Household industry 7 (3%) · ■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 95 (39%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purbasthali - I
- Shankra 666 people
- Karail 636 people
- Atkadanga 620 people
- Satgachhia 602 people
- Balarampur 580 people
- Jialgaria 580 people
- Rajyadharpara 576 people
- Panchlaki 571 people

All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I

## Other places named Dakshin Chandipur
- Dakshin Chandipur · Village, Manikchak, Maldah · 5,804 people
- Dakshin Chandipur · Village, Sainthia, Birbhum · 522 people
- Dakshin Chandipur · Village, English Bazar, Maldah · 326 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Chandipur? 582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Chandipur in? Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Chandipur? 78.1% (Census 2011)

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