# Chandankantha Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Chandankantha

Chandankantha is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **756 people in 189 households**, the 74th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 756people (2011)
- 189households
- 89.7%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandankantha

Of every 100 households in Chandankantha in 2011, 29 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chandankantha · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**87%

Use banking services ****16%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**35%

Own their home ****76%**

**92%

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 Chandankantha?

■ Chandankantha · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**945

Working population ****58.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 85.4% for women. 62% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 61 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (33%) · **■** Other work 40 (9%) · **■** Marginal 195 (44%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Teldaha837 people
- Baikunthapur826 people
- Badha819 people
- Kauro789 people
- Dangram756 people
- Chituri738 people
- Rajkhanda682 people
- Baragaon637 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandankantha?756 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandankantha in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandankantha?89.7% (Census 2011)