# Dakshin Chandipur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Chandipur

Dakshin Chandipur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **522 people in 143 households**, the 133rd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 522people (2011)
- 143households
- 82.3%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Chandipur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Chandipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****0%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Dakshin Chandipur?

■ Dakshin Chandipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**961

Working population ****48.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 74.9% for women. 67% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 241 (96%)

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 Sainthia

- Takipur561 people
- Majhigaon545 people
- Paschim Sundarpur527 people
- Layekpur525 people
- Bilsa515 people
- Chhota Sangra508 people
- Gangpur505 people
- Somdanga501 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Chandipur?522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Chandipur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Chandipur?82.3% (Census 2011)