# Chandanagar Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Chandanagar

Chandanagar is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,745 people in 427 households**, the 44th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,745people (2011)
- 427households
- 65.2%literacy
- 839females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanagar

Of every 100 households in Chandanagar in 2011, 11 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandanagar · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**13%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chandanagar?

■ Chandanagar · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****839**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**963

Working population ****32.1%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 56.9% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 267 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 83 (15%) · **■** Marginal 88 (16%)

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 Kandi

- Bijay Nagar1,770 people
- Madarhati1,764 people
- Brahmanpara1,760 people
- Kalyanpur1,753 people
- Tentulia1,703 people
- Bhtpara Palasi1,637 people
- Lakshmikantapur1,602 people
- Rudrabati1,548 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanagar?1,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanagar in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanagar?65.2% (Census 2011)