# Chanda Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chanda

Chanda is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,313 people in 554 households**, the 63rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,313people (2011)
- 554households
- 80.3%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanda

Of every 100 households in Chanda in 2011, 51 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chanda · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**19%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**38%

Television ****27%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chanda?

■ Chanda · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****728**

**962

Working population ****33.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 73.9% for women. 52% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 123 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (42%) · **■** Household industry 84 (11%) · **■** Other work 189 (24%) · **■** Marginal 56 (7%)

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 Bongaon

- Dakshin Bhabanipur2,485 people
- Khalitpur2,409 people
- Adityapur2,406 people
- Keutipara2,353 people
- Barddhan Beria2,311 people
- Chamta2,267 people
- Damdama2,264 people
- Harishpur2,183 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanda?2,313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanda in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanda?80.3% (Census 2011)