# Chandail Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chandail

Chandail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **929 people in 234 households**, the 76th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 929people (2011)
- 234households
- 67.3%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandail

Of every 100 households in Chandail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Chandail?

■ Chandail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**955

Working population ****39.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 60.9% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 159 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (55%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Kushmundi

- Kunabari941 people
- Salekkuri939 people
- Deokhanda934 people
- Ghatsa931 people
- Chapahat Bairhatha929 people
- Chapra928 people
- Harigiram927 people
- Chhota Damodarpur922 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandail?929 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandail?67.3% (Census 2011)