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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chandhati

Chandhati is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **875 people in 211 households**, the 91st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 875people (2011)
- 211households
- 84.3%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandhati

Of every 100 households in Chandhati in 2011, 47 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandhati · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****10%**

**26%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chandhati?

■ Chandhati · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****62.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 81.1% for women. 66% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 174 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (10%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 304 (55%)

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

- Hosen Pur919 people
- Haribansipur900 people
- Halidana888 people
- Akha Nagar887 people
- Nodhan873 people
- Gopal Nagar870 people
- Saranjabari852 people
- Arjunpur851 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandhati?875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandhati in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandhati?84.3% (Census 2011)