# Chenchura Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chenchura

Chenchura is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,671 people in 336 households**, the 30th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,671people (2011)
- 336households
- 72.7%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chenchura

Of every 100 households in Chenchura in 2011, 90 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chenchura · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**42%

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

**56%

Tap water ****95%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****43%**

**58%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Chenchura?

■ Chenchura · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**960

Working population ****31.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 66.8% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 318 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (12%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 135 (26%)

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 Keshpur

- Ghoshpur1,711 people
- Amanpur1,707 people
- Khejur Bani1,687 people
- Gobindapur1,673 people
- Taba Gerya1,652 people
- Sarai1,640 people
- Mahishda1,601 people
- Sholdiha1,581 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chenchura?1,671 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chenchura in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chenchura?72.7% (Census 2011)