# Chandura Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chandura

Chandura is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 168 households**, the 103rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 775people (2011)
- 168households
- 94.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandura

Of every 100 households in Chandura in 2011, 56 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandura · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**27%

Television ****19%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Chandura?

■ Chandura · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.2%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**936

Working population ****27.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 91.2% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 192 (90%) · **■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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

- Hamzapur781 people
- Shrinathbati781 people
- Dauiatpur779 people
- Basudebpur776 people
- Raghabpur773 people
- Bishrail756 people
- Kharpa754 people
- Chhilimpur750 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandura?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandura in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandura?94.2% (Census 2011)