# Bara Chenga Village, Mirik, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Bara Chenga

Bara Chenga is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,880 people in 363 households**, the 12th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 1,880people (2011)
- 363households
- 72.9%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Chenga

Of every 100 households in Bara Chenga in 2011, 53 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Chenga · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**34%

Tap water ****99%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**85%

Use banking services ****99%**

**85%

Television ****56%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**85%

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 Bara Chenga?

■ Bara Chenga · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**908

Working population ****30.6%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 66.0% for women. 49% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (7%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 169 (29%) · **■** Marginal 255 (44%)

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 Mirik

- Marma Tea Garden3,077 people
- Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden2,889 people
- Patong Tea Garden2,337 people
- Lohagar Tea Garden2,081 people
- Tingling Tea Garden1,624 people
- Purba Phuguri Tea Garden1,174 people
- Rangmohan576 people
- Panthabari Forest556 people

[All 21 villages in Mirik](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/mirik/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Chenga?1,880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Chenga in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Chenga?72.9% (Census 2011)