# Chura Bhandar Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Chura Bhandar

Chura Bhandar is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,064 people in 956 households**, the 25th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 4,064people (2011)
- 956households
- 77.6%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chura Bhandar

Of every 100 households in Chura Bhandar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chura Bhandar · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**67%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**68%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****13%**

**22%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chura Bhandar?

■ Chura Bhandar · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**940

Working population ****30.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 71.6% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 372 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 331 (27%) · **■** Household industry 26 (2%) · **■** Other work 405 (33%) · **■** Marginal 84 (7%)

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 Maynaguri

- Paschim Harmati4,344 people
- Charchura Bhandar4,311 people
- Bhatpatti4,250 people
- Basilardanga4,248 people
- Dwarikamari4,018 people
- Bara Kamet4,009 people
- Purbba Baragila3,937 people
- Uttar Bhuskadanga3,920 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chura Bhandar?4,064 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chura Bhandar in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chura Bhandar?77.6% (Census 2011)