# Barah Chandi Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Barah Chandi

Barah Chandi is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **715 people in 126 households**, the 76th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 715people (2011)
- 126households
- 86.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barah Chandi

Of every 100 households in Barah Chandi in 2011, 53 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Barah Chandi · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**44%

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

**89%

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

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**30%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barah Chandi?

■ Barah Chandi · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**925

Working population ****33.8%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 78.9% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 119 (49%) · **■** Marginal 122 (50%)

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 Chandipur

- Bhairabpur829 people
- Urui819 people
- Osmanpur814 people
- Buraburi Jadav Chandra Misra Chak753 people
- Jahanabar Ist Part706 people
- Garberya679 people
- Batki Chak671 people
- Shyamsundarpur662 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barah Chandi?715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barah Chandi in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barah Chandi?86.4% (Census 2011)