# Chechra, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chechra

Chechra is a village in [Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,731 people in 422 households**, the 31st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,731people (2011)
- 422households
- 84.6%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chechra

Of every 100 households in Chechra in 2011, 45 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chechra · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**75%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****18%**

**26%

Television ****27%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Chechra?

■ Chechra · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**954

Working population ****47.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 80.5% for women. 67% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 315 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 234 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (11%) · **■** Marginal 179 (22%)

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

- Katabari1,860 people
- Khalsi1,842 people
- Suhari1,782 people
- Magurpur1,763 people
- Chak Baliram1,663 people
- Jamlabad1,630 people
- Ganahar1,609 people
- Lakshminaryanpur1,593 people

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

## Other places named Chechra

- Chechra · Village, Barahat, Banka · 913 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chechra?1,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chechra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chechra?84.6% (Census 2011)