# Purba Chandpur Village, Kaliachak - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - I, Maldah 

# Purba Chandpur

Purba Chandpur is a village in Kaliachak - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,847 people in 560 households**, the 33rd largest of 49 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,847people (2011)
- 560households
- 78.7%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Chandpur in 2011, 89 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Chandpur · ■ Kaliachak - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**62%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**78%

Use banking services ****58%**

**22%

Television ****39%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purba Chandpur?

■ Purba Chandpur · ■ Kaliachak - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****996**

**956

Working population ****44.5%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 75.4% for women. 53% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (12%) · **■** Household industry 106 (8%) · **■** Other work 489 (39%) · **■** Marginal 478 (38%)

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 Kaliachak - I

- Jotparan3,361 people
- Shrirampur3,305 people
- Trimohini3,273 people
- Narayanpur3,171 people
- Bairgachhi2,182 people
- Harugram Inlis2,071 people
- Mallikpara1,954 people
- Marupur1,888 people

[All 55 villages in Kaliachak - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Chandpur?2,847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Chandpur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Chandpur?78.7% (Census 2011)