# Chandrapur Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Chandrapur

Chandrapur is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,012 people in 495 households**, the 2nd largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 2,012people (2011)
- 495households
- 75.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandrapur

Of every 100 households in Chandrapur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandrapur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**80%

Use banking services ****36%**

**34%

Television ****30%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****22%**

**23%

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 Chandrapur?

■ Chandrapur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**952

Working population ****46.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 67.9% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (9%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 254 (27%) · **■** Marginal 485 (52%)

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 Rajnagar

- Tantipara6,227 people
- Gangmuri1,853 people
- Shankarpur1,733 people
- Tabadumra1,685 people
- Lauberia1,551 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandrapur?2,012 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandrapur in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandrapur?75.7% (Census 2011)