# Chandipur, Ratua - I, Maldah – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Chandipur

Chandipur is a village in [Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/) sub-district of [Maldah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **3,259 people in 615 households**, the 34th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 3,259people (2011)
- 615households
- 56.2%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Chandipur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandipur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****8%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**38%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**959

Working population ****29.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.9% for men and 57.6% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 415 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 130 (14%) · **■** Marginal 250 (26%)

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 Ratua - I

- Narottampur3,554 people
- Gobindapur3,492 people
- Bakhra3,491 people
- Haripur Gopi3,300 people
- Khanpur3,173 people
- Arazi Haragobindapur3,147 people
- Gouripur3,131 people
- Purba Radhanagar2,815 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Other places named Chandipur

- Chandipur · Sub-district, Purba Medinipur · 188,119 people
- Chandipur · Sub-district, Baleshwar · 40,588 people
- Chandipur · Village, Manikchak, Maldah · 16,017 people
- Chandipur · Village, Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas · 11,021 people
- Chandipur · Village, Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas · 9,066 people
- Chandipur · Village, Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas · 8,519 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandipur?3,259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandipur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandipur?56.2% (Census 2011)