# Chandanpur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **422 people in 102 households**, the 142nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 422people (2011)
- 102households
- 95.3%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**43%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1211**

**956

Working population ****32.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.4% for men and 92.0% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (14%) · **■** Marginal 114 (83%)

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 Contai - I

- Saria447 people
- Janubasan445 people
- Pather Ghata430 people
- Damodarpur426 people
- Bara Rammaiti Bar421 people
- Adambar414 people
- Gopalpur414 people
- Sankarkundi411 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpur?422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?95.3% (Census 2011)