# Chitrangapur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chitrangapur

Chitrangapur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **875 people in 209 households**, the 131st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 875people (2011)
- 209households
- 84.0%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitrangapur

Of every 100 households in Chitrangapur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chitrangapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**56%

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

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****23%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Chitrangapur?

■ Chitrangapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**962

Working population ****31.7%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 81.1% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 84 (30%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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

- Raghunathpur963 people
- Sabhaipur Chak918 people
- Chatrabagi910 people
- Uttar Kanakpur898 people
- Mathurapur840 people
- Kulpukuria833 people
- Uttar Sundarpur796 people
- Chauberia Chak794 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 Chitrangapur?875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitrangapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitrangapur?84.0% (Census 2011)