# Chandalda Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandalda

Chandalda is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **827 people in 179 households**, the 66th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 827people (2011)
- 179households
- 90.4%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandalda

Of every 100 households in Chandalda in 2011, 90 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandalda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****41%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****64%**

**33%

Television ****31%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chandalda?

■ Chandalda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****652**

**953

Working population ****43.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 82.5% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (16%) · **■** Household industry 33 (9%) · **■** Other work 121 (34%) · **■** Marginal 81 (23%)

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 Egra - II

- Kumbha Dharbar891 people
- Shushunia883 people
- Krishnapur838 people
- Lalpur837 people
- Alipur814 people
- Darbar Khan Bar766 people
- Egra Patna758 people
- Mirjapur758 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandalda?827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandalda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandalda?90.4% (Census 2011)