# Chingispur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chingispur

Chingispur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,297 people in 556 households**, the 11th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,297people (2011)
- 556households
- 72.2%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chingispur

Of every 100 households in Chingispur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chingispur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**65%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****46%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Chingispur?

■ Chingispur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1239**

**965

Working population ****42.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 65.6% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 332 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (4%) · **■** Marginal 377 (38%)

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 Balurghat

- Durgapur2,814 people
- Bara Raghunathpur2,763 people
- Faridpur2,362 people
- Jalghar2,310 people
- Uttar Roypur2,279 people
- Barakali2,209 people
- Mallikpur2,164 people
- Sarangoan2,115 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chingispur?2,297 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chingispur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chingispur?72.2% (Census 2011)