# Chengmarihat Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Chengmarihat

Chengmarihat is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,008 people in 418 households**, the 58th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,008people (2011)
- 418households
- 75.3%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chengmarihat

Of every 100 households in Chengmarihat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chengmarihat · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**37%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**29%

Television ****2%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**62%

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 Chengmarihat?

■ Chengmarihat · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**970

Working population ****34.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 65.6% for women. 51% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 301 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 233 (34%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (7%) · **■** Marginal 110 (16%)

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 Mal

- Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden2,423 people
- Nidam Jhora Tea Garden2,407 people
- Chapadanga2,299 people
- Manabari Tea Garden2,147 people
- Bidurerdanga2,004 people
- Dakshin Chengmari1,974 people
- Dalingkote Tea Garden1,935 people
- Purba Damdim1,930 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chengmarihat?2,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chengmarihat in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chengmarihat?75.3% (Census 2011)