# Chaitpur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Chaitpur

Chaitpur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,409 people in 325 households**, the 75th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,409people (2011)
- 325households
- 58.1%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitpur

Of every 100 households in Chaitpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaitpur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**954

Working population ****26.5%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.9% for men and 57.2% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (18%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 70 (19%) · **■** Marginal 217 (58%)

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 Sagardighi

- Balarmbati1,471 people
- Ratanpur1,447 people
- Saorail1,444 people
- Gokulta1,417 people
- Bhumihar1,400 people
- Dihibaraj1,385 people
- Ser1,351 people
- Kharati1,281 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitpur?1,409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitpur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitpur?58.1% (Census 2011)