# Bara Chandghar Village, Kaliganj, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliganj, Nadia 

# Bara Chandghar

Bara Chandghar is a village in Kaliganj sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,713 people in 3,650 households**, the 3rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 16,713people (2011)
- 3,650households
- 68.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Chandghar

Of every 100 households in Bara Chandghar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Chandghar · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**52%

Tap water ****11%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**61%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****42%**

**26%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Bara Chandghar?

■ Bara Chandghar · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**967

Working population ****31.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 65.1% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,288 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,234 (43%) · **■** Household industry 195 (4%) · **■** Other work 786 (15%) · **■** Marginal 682 (13%)

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 Kaliganj

- Debagram32,695 people
- Palasi19,984 people
- Jamalpur8,900 people
- Chhota Chandghar8,761 people
- Kaliganj8,575 people
- Molamdi8,397 people

[All 125 villages in Kaliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/kaliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Chandghar?16,713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Chandghar in?Nadia district (Kaliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Chandghar?68.2% (Census 2011)