# Chamunda Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Chamunda

Chamunda is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,627 people in 578 households**, the 31st largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,627people (2011)
- 578households
- 65.1%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamunda

Of every 100 households in Chamunda in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chamunda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Chamunda?

■ Chamunda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**954

Working population ****35.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 64.6% for women. 54% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (36%) · **■** Household industry 44 (5%) · **■** Other work 115 (12%) · **■** Marginal 263 (28%)

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

- Jamalmati2,825 people
- Fulsahari2,768 people
- Balagachhi2,663 people
- Dohali Dangapara2,660 people
- Bergram2,591 people
- Kaiar2,572 people
- Dogachhi2,562 people
- Bhurkunda2,539 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamunda?2,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamunda in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamunda?65.1% (Census 2011)