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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chenchoir

Chenchoir is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **182 people in 45 households**, the 250th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 182people (2011)
- 45households
- 67.2%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chenchoir

Of every 100 households in Chenchoir in 2011, 47 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chenchoir · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****96%**

**26%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chenchoir?

■ Chenchoir · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**954

Working population ****59.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 57.1% for women. 61% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 87 (81%)

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

- Alinagar200 people
- Bad Basudebpur190 people
- Chechrakuri184 people
- Kasitara183 people
- Kharika Dangi175 people
- Faradpur172 people
- Madhabpur170 people
- Goranda165 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chenchoir?182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chenchoir in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chenchoir?67.2% (Census 2011)