# Puran Chandipur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Puran Chandipur

Puran Chandipur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **757 people in 167 households**, the 36th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 757people (2011)
- 167households
- 81.7%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puran Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Puran Chandipur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puran Chandipur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**70%

Use banking services ****94%**

**44%

Television ****54%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Puran Chandipur?

■ Puran Chandipur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**956

Working population ****44.4%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 73.2% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 137 (41%) · **■** Marginal 183 (54%)

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 Farakka

- Laharia1,184 people
- Birkendua814 people
- Sahanagar805 people
- Talipur798 people
- Anuppur689 people
- Pashupara638 people
- Kalai Danga616 people
- Rajipur600 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puran Chandipur?757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puran Chandipur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puran Chandipur?81.7% (Census 2011)