# Chhaonapur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Chhaonapur

Chhaonapur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,436 people in 308 households**, the 43rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 1,436people (2011)
- 308households
- 70.4%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhaonapur

Of every 100 households in Chhaonapur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chhaonapur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**73%

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

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**28%

Tap water ****3%**

**13%

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

**34%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****34%**

**55%

Television ****25%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chhaonapur?

■ Chhaonapur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**949

Working population ****42.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 61.6% for women. 63% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 269 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 76 (12%) · **■** Marginal 213 (35%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Gobarhanra1,534 people
- Naypara1,504 people
- Maheshpur1,498 people
- Tulyan1,483 people
- Pratiharpur1,382 people
- Paschimramnagar1,378 people
- Shyampur1,317 people
- Mohanbati1,298 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhaonapur?1,436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhaonapur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhaonapur?70.4% (Census 2011)