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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chandpur

Chandpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **630 people in 159 households**, the 120th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 630people (2011)
- 159households
- 50.6%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Chandpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****1%**

**18%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Chandpur?

■ Chandpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1324**

**955

Working population ****32.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 42.5% for women. 53% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 43 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (58%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 36 (18%)

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

- Hansrail640 people
- Kakair639 people
- Shrirampur639 people
- Padamkuri637 people
- Narayanpur628 people
- Nurpur618 people
- Raypur612 people
- Pathanpara611 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandpur?630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandpur?50.6% (Census 2011)