# Chhandra Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Chhandra

Chhandra is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **768 people in 183 households**, the 114th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 768people (2011)
- 183households
- 74.3%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhandra

Of every 100 households in Chhandra in 2011, 45 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhandra · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**30%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**88%

Use banking services ****48%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**26%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Chhandra?

■ Chhandra · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****549**

**959

Working population ****43.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 67.8% for women. 62% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 116 (35%) · **■** Marginal 126 (38%)

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 Arambag

- Donga Bathan793 people
- Chunait786 people
- Eloma782 people
- Krishnabati782 people
- Ruitchak765 people
- Gopinathpur760 people
- Gobra752 people
- Balai Chak737 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhandra?768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhandra in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhandra?74.3% (Census 2011)