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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chandipur

Chandipur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **700 people in 162 households**, the 126th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 700people (2011)
- 162households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Chandipur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandipur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**75%

Tap water ****28%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****43%**

**26%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Chandipur?

■ Chandipur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1462**

**954

Working population ****50.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 64.8% for women. 58% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (5%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 185 (53%)

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

- Jadubati724 people
- Aichanda719 people
- Durgapur714 people
- Dakshin Gauripur713 people
- Kamdebbati698 people
- Nischinta696 people
- Shribai695 people
- Majhi Khanda694 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandipur?700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandipur?66.4% (Census 2011)