# Chandanpur Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,610 people in 402 households**, the 21st largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,610people (2011)
- 402households
- 87.9%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**20%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****50%**

**50%

Television ****27%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****89%**

**98%

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 Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**988

Working population ****48.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 83.7% for women. 63% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (7%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 153 (20%) · **■** Marginal 417 (54%)

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 Debra

- Bahadurpur1,818 people
- Palashi1,747 people
- Bhawanipur1,700 people
- Dabadari1,646 people
- Bhangaband1,597 people
- Trilochanpur1,589 people
- Abdalipur1,588 people
- Nanda Bari1,523 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpur?1,610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?87.9% (Census 2011)