# Chandipur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Chandipur

Chandipur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,017 people in 4,067 households**, the 1st largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 16,017people (2011)
- 4,067households
- 48.8%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandipur

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

■ Chandipur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**23%

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

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**74%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**49%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****23%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****72%**

**51%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chandipur?

■ Chandipur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.8%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**950

Working population ****37.8%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.7% for men and 42.8% for women. 49% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 646 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,545 (26%) · **■** Household industry 171 (3%) · **■** Other work 591 (10%) · **■** Marginal 3,100 (51%)

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 Manikchak

- Enayetpur14,729 people
- Nurpur14,066 people
- Mathurapur12,755 people
- Uttar Chandipur10,549 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandipur?16,017 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandipur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandipur?48.8% (Census 2011)