# Chandanpur Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **406 people in 89 households**, the 73rd largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 406people (2011)
- 89households
- 48.5%literacy
- 1,115females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**86%

Use banking services ****1%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**46%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1115**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**983

Working population ****42.1%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.4% for men and 37.2% for women. 55% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (46%) · **■** Other work 40 (23%) · **■** Marginal 51 (30%)

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 Murarai - I

- Dakshin Mahurapur566 people
- Kumadol549 people
- Panpur514 people
- Mukundapur472 people
- Bhogpur315 people
- Fateullapur305 people
- Nayit122 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpur?406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?48.5% (Census 2011)