# Char Kancharapara Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Char Kancharapara

Char Kancharapara is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,491 people in 1,028 households**, the 16th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 4,491people (2011)
- 1,028households
- 70.7%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Char Kancharapara

Of every 100 households in Char Kancharapara in 2011, 79 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Char Kancharapara · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**16%

Tap water ****22%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**86%

Use banking services ****19%**

**38%

Television ****51%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Char Kancharapara?

■ Char Kancharapara · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**937

Working population ****40.5%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 62.2% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (2%) · **■** Household industry 50 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,378 (76%) · **■** Marginal 340 (19%)

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 Chakdah

- Purba Bishnupur5,191 people
- Sikarpur4,770 people
- Balarampur4,606 people
- Manasapota4,544 people
- Sutra3,950 people
- Srikrishnapur Char3,901 people
- Inayetpur3,897 people
- Majher Char3,862 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Char Kancharapara?4,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Char Kancharapara in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Char Kancharapara?70.7% (Census 2011)