# Chandpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Chandpur

Chandpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,281 people in 583 households**, the 37th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 2,281people (2011)
- 583households
- 75.2%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Chandpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**48%

Tap water ****29%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**84%

Use banking services ****20%**

**58%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Chandpur?

■ Chandpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1096**

**962

Working population ****53.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 66.3% for women. 66% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 322 (27%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 161 (13%) · **■** Marginal 594 (49%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Purba Kalikapur2,461 people
- Dighir2,412 people
- Ghoshla2,355 people
- Baidyapur2,304 people
- Chelua2,261 people
- Jiara2,228 people
- Chapabere2,193 people
- Harpur2,054 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandpur?2,281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandpur?75.2% (Census 2011)