# Chandpur Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Chandpur

Chandpur is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **11,880 people in 2,852 households**, the 6th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 11,880people (2011)
- 2,852households
- 67.4%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Chandpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**52%

Tap water ****14%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**29%

Television ****19%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**28%

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 Chandpur?

■ Chandpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**969

Working population ****33.3%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 66.5% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 667 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,501 (38%) · **■** Household industry 155 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,061 (27%) · **■** Marginal 576 (15%)

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 Nawda

- Madhupur20,697 people
- Ramnachandpur19,452 people
- Sarbangapur13,898 people
- Edrakpur12,311 people
- Raypur11,504 people
- Patikabari11,232 people
- Tungi9,128 people
- Sonatikri8,982 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandpur?11,880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandpur in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandpur?67.4% (Census 2011)