# Chaitanpur Village, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chaitanpur

Chaitanpur is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **642 people in 145 households**, the 67th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 642people (2011)
- 145households
- 78.7%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitanpur

Of every 100 households in Chaitanpur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaitanpur · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaitanpur?

■ Chaitanpur · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**955

Working population ****52.5%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 68.6% for women. 60% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (43%) · **■** Other work 50 (15%) · **■** Marginal 121 (36%)

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 Keshiary

- Bagaria757 people
- Talband709 people
- Binandapur667 people
- Siankul664 people
- Kanpur Baglata638 people
- Kandramari631 people
- Pirat628 people
- Oldadurga Daspur622 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitanpur?642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitanpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitanpur?78.7% (Census 2011)