# Chaitpur Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Chaitpur

Chaitpur is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,742 people in 694 households**, the 26th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,742people (2011)
- 694households
- 73.3%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitpur

Of every 100 households in Chaitpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaitpur · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****60%**

**32%

Television ****26%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Chaitpur?

■ Chaitpur · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**945

Working population ****36.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 65.7% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 205 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 308 (31%) · **■** Household industry 48 (5%) · **■** Other work 169 (17%) · **■** Marginal 265 (27%)

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 Burwan

- Baidyanathpur3,408 people
- Babarpur3,331 people
- Gram Salkia3,087 people
- Simulia2,930 people
- Shrihatta2,547 people
- Ekamba2,531 people
- Ruhina2,522 people
- Gopipur2,419 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitpur?2,742 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitpur in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitpur?73.3% (Census 2011)