# Chapahat Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chapahat

Chapahat is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,293 people in 321 households**, the 26th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,293people (2011)
- 321households
- 70.2%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapahat

Of every 100 households in Chapahat in 2011, 6 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chapahat · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**38%

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

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****10%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****68%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chapahat?

■ Chapahat · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**966

Working population ****44.9%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 63.7% for women. 63% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 200 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 46 (8%) · **■** Marginal 300 (52%)

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 Hilli

- Maniko1,354 people
- Jotghatak1,343 people
- Nafar1,318 people
- Laskarpur1,311 people
- Sahapur1,223 people
- Dabra1,187 people
- Purbba Mustafapur1,169 people
- Ujal1,158 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapahat?1,293 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapahat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapahat?70.2% (Census 2011)