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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Cherapara

Cherapara is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **301 people in 76 households**, the 197th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 301people (2011)
- 76households
- 36.8%literacy
- 1,076females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Cherapara

Of every 100 households in Cherapara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Cherapara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Cherapara?

■ Cherapara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**955

Working population ****38.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.7% for men and 30.5% for women. 48% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (38%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 68 (58%)

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

- Jadabpur314 people
- Bhikanpur310 people
- Naogan310 people
- Rupain302 people
- Nakarna295 people
- Arazi Kasba284 people
- Langal Bhanga283 people
- Jaherpur271 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Cherapara?301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Cherapara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Cherapara?36.8% (Census 2011)