# Chengmari Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Chengmari

Chengmari is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,658 people in 409 households**, the 43rd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 1,658people (2011)
- 409households
- 85.7%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chengmari

Of every 100 households in Chengmari in 2011, 22 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chengmari · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**58%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**22%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**82%

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 Chengmari?

■ Chengmari · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**947

Working population ****50.6%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 80.2% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (19%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 157 (19%) · **■** Marginal 432 (51%)

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 Kumargram

- Jaydedpur2,149 people
- Radhanagar2,080 people
- Gachaimari2,036 people
- Dakshin Haldibari1,950 people
- Dhumpara Forest1,439 people
- Bhalka Forest1,438 people
- Phaskhawa Tea Garden1,202 people
- Paglarhat1,157 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chengmari?1,658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chengmari in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chengmari?85.7% (Census 2011)