# Chandinagar Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Chandinagar

Chandinagar is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,242 people in 273 households**, the 62nd largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,242people (2011)
- 273households
- 69.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandinagar

Of every 100 households in Chandinagar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandinagar · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**36%

Tap water ****41%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**9%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****62%**

**49%

Television ****18%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****89%**

**97%

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 Chandinagar?

■ Chandinagar · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**952

Working population ****43.5%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 61.5% for women. 66% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (18%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 86 (16%) · **■** Marginal 185 (34%)

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 Jangipara

- Bamnagar1,310 people
- Chandrahati1,282 people
- Shib Chak1,252 people
- Hariharpur1,246 people
- Hosenpur1,233 people
- Tara1,217 people
- Arabindapur1,175 people
- Dakshin Dilakash1,171 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandinagar?1,242 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandinagar in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandinagar?69.3% (Census 2011)