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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chandrail

Chandrail is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,145 people in 265 households**, the 66th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,145people (2011)
- 265households
- 71.6%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandrail

Of every 100 households in Chandrail in 2011, 70 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chandrail · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**26%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Chandrail?

■ Chandrail · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**954

Working population ****47.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 64.2% for women. 63% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (16%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 295 (54%)

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

- Khosalpur1,177 people
- Abhirampur1,161 people
- Jamalpur1,157 people
- Kishtapur1,153 people
- Katrail1,118 people
- Gopinathpur1,090 people
- Kakna1,089 people
- Purba Nimpur1,077 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandrail?1,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandrail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandrail?71.6% (Census 2011)