# Chowlpur Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chowlpur

Chowlpur is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,404 people in 459 households**, the 33rd largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 2,404people (2011)
- 459households
- 83.5%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chowlpur

Of every 100 households in Chowlpur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chowlpur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**16%

Tap water ****14%**

**8%

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

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**40%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chowlpur?

■ Chowlpur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**952

Working population ****31.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 79.7% for women. 59% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 317 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (14%) · **■** Marginal 176 (23%)

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 Barasat - II

- Bonkanda2,753 people
- Paltadanga2,714 people
- Kismatsonatikri2,663 people
- Majlishpur2,614 people
- Simulia2,394 people
- Domnagar2,315 people
- Andulia2,255 people
- Banaspol2,240 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chowlpur?2,404 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chowlpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chowlpur?83.5% (Census 2011)