# Chalunda, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chalunda

Chalunda is a village in [Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,187 people in 259 households**, the 64th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,187people (2011)
- 259households
- 72.5%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalunda

Of every 100 households in Chalunda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chalunda · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**37%

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 Chalunda?

■ Chalunda · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**936

Working population ****46.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 69.2% for women. 64% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (15%) · **■** Other work 28 (5%) · **■** Marginal 381 (69%)

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 Gangarampur

- Baikunthapur1,245 people
- Saidpur1,234 people
- Bhoral1,232 people
- Singfarka1,215 people
- Ramdebpur1,174 people
- Shibpur1,151 people
- Anantapur1,134 people
- Atash1,130 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalunda?1,187 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalunda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalunda?72.5% (Census 2011)