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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chapra

Chapra is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **928 people in 187 households**, the 78th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 928people (2011)
- 187households
- 61.2%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapra

Of every 100 households in Chapra in 2011, 31 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chapra · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****13%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chapra?

■ Chapra · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1371**

**955

Working population ****44.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 50.0% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (12%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 137 (33%) · **■** Marginal 94 (23%)

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

- Deokhanda934 people
- Ghatsa931 people
- Chandail929 people
- Chapahat Bairhatha929 people
- Harigiram927 people
- Chhota Damodarpur922 people
- Domnhar919 people
- Arazi Minapara899 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapra?928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapra?61.2% (Census 2011)