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

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chandipur

Chandipur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 298 households**, the 29th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 298households
- 77.9%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Chandipur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandipur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**48%

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

**63%

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

**34%

Tap water ****5%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**50%

Television ****14%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chandipur?

■ Chandipur · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**988

Working population ****53.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 68.9% for women. 61% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (47%) · **■** Household industry 41 (5%) · **■** Other work 210 (28%) · **■** Marginal 127 (17%)

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

- Nanda Bari1,523 people
- Loyada1,520 people
- Jabagerya1,446 people
- Shal Dahari1,441 people
- Ramchandrapur1,399 people
- Khas Kendu Bagicha1,398 people
- Chak Madhuri1,394 people
- Gayaspur1,370 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandipur?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandipur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandipur?77.9% (Census 2011)