# Chapta Village, Pandua, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Pandua, Hugli 

# Chapta

Chapta is a village in Pandua sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,563 people in 641 households**, the 27th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,563people (2011)
- 641households
- 73.7%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapta

Of every 100 households in Chapta in 2011, 39 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chapta · ■ Pandua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**52%

Tap water ****11%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**81%

Use banking services ****86%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chapta?

■ Chapta · ■ Pandua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**962

Working population ****49.1%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 66.4% for women. 62% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 572 (45%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 149 (12%) · **■** Marginal 307 (24%)

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 Pandua

- Pakri2,743 people
- Bilsara2,740 people
- Chhota Sarasa2,581 people
- Goara2,569 people
- Sachitara2,544 people
- Gazina Daspur2,535 people
- Barasarasa2,509 people
- Torgram2,467 people

[All 154 villages in Pandua](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/pandua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapta?2,563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapta in?Hugli district (Pandua sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapta?73.7% (Census 2011)