# Chanchai Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chanchai

Chanchai is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **226 people in 50 households**, the 243rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 226people (2011)
- 50households
- 65.7%literacy
- 1,132females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanchai

Of every 100 households in Chanchai in 2011, 24 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chanchai · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****45%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chanchai?

■ Chanchai · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1132**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**954

Working population ****55.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 62.3% for women. 59% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 93 (74%)

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 Tapan

- Jaydharhati234 people
- Sehas231 people
- Khorda Malsa230 people
- Bataskhanda228 people
- Nimtair224 people
- Doara222 people
- Alinagar200 people
- Bad Basudebpur190 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanchai?226 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanchai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanchai?65.7% (Census 2011)