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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chingra

Chingra is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **341 people in 81 households**, the 210th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 341people (2011)
- 81households
- 69.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chingra

Of every 100 households in Chingra in 2011, 72 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chingra · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****85%**

**41%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chingra?

■ Chingra · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**965

Working population ****63.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 64.2% for women. 69% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (36%) · **■** Household industry 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 35 (16%) · **■** Marginal 53 (24%)

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

- Saidpur350 people
- Kajialsi349 people
- Malikura345 people
- Jangalpur343 people
- Uchhakapur341 people
- Kutubpur339 people
- Amril329 people
- Chakismail329 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chingra?341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chingra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chingra?69.4% (Census 2011)