# Chingra Village, Bhagawanpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chingra

Chingra is a village in Bhagawanpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **640 people in 157 households**, the 95th largest of 167 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 98.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 91.0%.

- 640people (2011)
- 157households
- 98.4%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chingra

Of every 100 households in Chingra in 2011, 60 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chingra · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**97%

Use banking services ****43%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**28%

Own their home ****89%**

**96%

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 · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****98.4%**

**91.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**949

Working population ****62.0%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.7% for men and 98.1% for women. 70% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 375 (94%)

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 Bhagawanpur - II

- Uttar Bamunia669 people
- Khantmari653 people
- Uttar Digha653 people
- Garania642 people
- Ichhapur640 people
- Uttar Nischinta636 people
- Khalia626 people
- Champai Nagar613 people

[All 168 villages in Bhagawanpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chingra?640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chingra in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chingra?98.4% (Census 2011)