# Serpur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Serpur

Serpur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,511 people in 573 households**, the 30th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 2,511people (2011)
- 573households
- 61.6%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Serpur

Of every 100 households in Serpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Serpur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**72%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****25%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Serpur?

■ Serpur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**944

Working population ****34.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 57.2% for women. 57% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (52%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (7%) · **■** Marginal 253 (29%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Serbabar Balarampur2,885 people
- Kobaia2,618 people
- Sihipur2,551 people
- Nadisik2,541 people
- Islampur2,462 people
- Nikhral2,448 people
- Ashwinpur2,345 people
- Sahabajpur2,335 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Serpur?2,511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Serpur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Serpur?61.6% (Census 2011)