# Chenra Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chenra

Chenra is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **559 people in 127 households**, the 88th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 559people (2011)
- 127households
- 60.3%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chenra

Of every 100 households in Chenra in 2011, 2 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chenra · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**89%

Use banking services ****27%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Chenra?

■ Chenra · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1150**

**972

Working population ****42.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 48.0% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (38%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 81 (34%)

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 Bansihari

- Pichhala590 people
- Shisha579 people
- Gopalpur572 people
- Kamalpur569 people
- Haldi538 people
- Naopara534 people
- Puria531 people
- Bighva527 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chenra?559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chenra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chenra?60.3% (Census 2011)