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

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 79 households**, the 93rd largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 313people (2011)
- 79households
- 78.7%literacy
- 809females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**33%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**32%

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 Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****809**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**953

Working population ****33.5%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 69.8% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (90%) · **■** Other work 6 (6%) · **■** Marginal 4 (4%)

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

- Sultanpur432 people
- Bachhipur409 people
- Kirttipur372 people
- Ram Chak357 people
- Uttar Aranga301 people
- Golagar272 people
- Narubhunya Chak272 people
- Sanbheri265 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 Chandanpur?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?78.7% (Census 2011)