# Charda Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Charda

Charda is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **848 people in 198 households**, the 82nd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 848people (2011)
- 198households
- 80.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charda

Of every 100 households in Charda in 2011, 51 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charda · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**40%

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

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****93%**

**62%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Charda?

■ Charda · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**963

Working population ****40.7%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 72.7% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 22 (6%) · **■** Other work 32 (9%) · **■** Marginal 237 (69%)

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 Dantan - I

- Punja870 people
- Birbhadrapur860 people
- Matiberua853 people
- Palasia849 people
- Bakurpada846 people
- Karakpur843 people
- Lalitapur829 people
- Krishnamaiti Bar820 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charda?848 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charda?80.5% (Census 2011)