# Chengta Village, Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Chengta

Chengta is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **798 people in 182 households**, the 45th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 798people (2011)
- 182households
- 61.3%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chengta

Of every 100 households in Chengta in 2011, 3 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chengta · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**29%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**43%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****0%**

**29%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Chengta?

■ Chengta · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1192**

**961

Working population ****28.8%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 65.0% for women. 57% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (27%) · **■** Other work 69 (30%) · **■** Marginal 87 (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 Bhagawangola - I

- Ramnagobra1,002 people
- Mahespur844 people
- Mathbarenda832 people
- Dakshini Nayakharida Babupur830 people
- Purba Kasipur682 people
- Rameswarbati519 people
- Mahammadpur452 people
- Chainpara445 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chengta?798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chengta in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chengta?61.3% (Census 2011)