# Elangi Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Elangi

Elangi is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,704 people in 1,097 households**, the 7th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 5,704people (2011)
- 1,097households
- 39.0%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Elangi

Of every 100 households in Elangi in 2011, 9 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Elangi · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**80%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**90%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Elangi?

■ Elangi · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.0%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**953

Working population ****26.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.9% for men and 39.2% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 361 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 485 (32%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 91 (6%) · **■** Marginal 530 (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 Chanchal - II

- Laliabari8,843 people
- Khanpur6,920 people
- Damaipur6,161 people
- Goalpara5,711 people
- Kandaran5,634 people
- Jalalpur5,600 people
- Shripur4,968 people
- Bhakri4,502 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Elangi?5,704 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Elangi in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Elangi?39.0% (Census 2011)