# Chauraigram Village, Dantan - II – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/chauraigram/

Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chauraigram

Chauraigram is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,636 people in 364 households**, the 30th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,636people (2011)
- 364households
- 87.1%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauraigram

Of every 100 households in Chauraigram in 2011, 23 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauraigram · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**82%

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

**17%

Tap water ****11%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**31%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**98%

Use banking services ****88%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Chauraigram?

■ Chauraigram · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1433**

**953

Working population ****46.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 80.1% for women. 62% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 173 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (16%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 121 (16%) · **■** Marginal 336 (44%)

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 - II

- Kedar1,748 people
- Betarui1,690 people
- Purunda1,654 people
- Banshi Chak1,639 people
- Kushumda1,635 people
- Srikrishnapur1,576 people
- Ekarukhi1,534 people
- Baman Sai1,527 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauraigram?1,636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauraigram in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chauraigram?87.1% (Census 2011)