# Chingra Village, Gopiballavpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gopiballavpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chingra

Chingra is a village in Gopiballavpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **559 people in 119 households**, the 63rd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 559people (2011)
- 119households
- 65.9%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chingra

Of every 100 households in Chingra in 2011, 42 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chingra · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**28%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****32%**

**50%

Television ****19%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Chingra?

■ Chingra · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**940

Working population ****56.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 55.5% for women. 63% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (23%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 200 (64%)

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 Gopiballavpur - II

- Talgan576 people
- Salbani569 people
- Teghara566 people
- Pashchim Nayagan563 people
- Dangra554 people
- Panuyan545 people
- Andharia544 people
- Basudebpur544 people

[All 192 villages in Gopiballavpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/gopiballavpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chingra?559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chingra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Gopiballavpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chingra?65.9% (Census 2011)