# Chenga Benga, Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur – Population

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chenga Benga

Chenga Benga is a village in [Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/) sub-district of [Paschim Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **217 people in 55 households**, the 227th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 217people (2011)
- 55households
- 89.5%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chenga Benga

Of every 100 households in Chenga Benga in 2011, 18 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chenga Benga · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**26%

Own their home ****86%**

**97%

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 Chenga Benga?

■ Chenga Benga · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**970

Working population ****40.1%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 83.3% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (17%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 48 (55%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Bargokul225 people
- Radhakrishnapur225 people
- Melerachak222 people
- Khanjadi220 people
- Durlabhchak216 people
- Mugarchak215 people
- Sahabandi214 people
- Deuli Purba212 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chenga Benga?217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chenga Benga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chenga Benga?89.5% (Census 2011)