# Chandigar Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chandigar

Chandigar is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,051 people in 728 households**, the 33rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,051people (2011)
- 728households
- 82.0%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandigar

Of every 100 households in Chandigar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chandigar · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****35%**

**47%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**17%

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 Chandigar?

■ Chandigar · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**965

Working population ****35.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 77.2% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 181 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 417 (38%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 271 (25%) · **■** Marginal 202 (18%)

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 Gaighata

- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Amkola3,175 people
- Shimulia3,169 people
- Baikara3,056 people
- Subidpur3,029 people
- Shutia2,977 people
- Duma2,976 people
- Manikhira2,898 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandigar?3,051 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandigar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandigar?82.0% (Census 2011)