# Chanda Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Chanda

Chanda is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,920 people in 383 households**, the 26th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,920people (2011)
- 383households
- 47.9%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanda

Of every 100 households in Chanda in 2011, 24 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chanda · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**84%

Tap water ****10%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Chanda?

■ Chanda · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.9%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**983

Working population ****38.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.9% for men and 41.0% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 173 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (8%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 227 (31%) · **■** Marginal 270 (36%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Heruka2,139 people
- Kabilpur2,131 people
- Maladanga2,058 people
- Puranagram1,924 people
- Kabilnagar1,852 people
- Kharia1,837 people
- Deucha1,772 people
- Alinagar1,748 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanda?1,920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanda in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanda?47.9% (Census 2011)