# Chanipat Village, Daspur - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Daspur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chanipat

Chanipat is a village in Daspur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,345 people in 3,519 households**, the 1st largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 16,345people (2011)
- 3,519households
- 84.2%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanipat

Of every 100 households in Chanipat in 2011, 78 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chanipat · ■ Daspur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**33%

Tap water ****16%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****64%**

**58%

Television ****47%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chanipat?

■ Chanipat · ■ Daspur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**943

Working population ****35.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 78.9% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 776 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (6%) · **■** Household industry 296 (5%) · **■** Other work 3,009 (52%) · **■** Marginal 1,375 (24%)

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 Daspur - II

- Jot Ghanashyam15,200 people
- Ranichak7,408 people
- Jot Kanusamgar6,940 people
- Nischintapur6,698 people

[All 87 villages in Daspur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanipat?16,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanipat in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanipat?84.2% (Census 2011)