# Chandpur Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandpur

Chandpur is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 97 households**, the 99th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 472people (2011)
- 97households
- 74.6%literacy
- 851females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Chandpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandpur · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****28%**

**44%

Television ****8%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**17%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Chandpur?

■ Chandpur · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****851**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1423**

**942

Working population ****37.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 68.9% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (7%) · **■** Other work 136 (76%) · **■** Marginal 19 (11%)

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 Kolaghat

- Uttar Sagarbar543 people
- Bankura Chak493 people
- Jagannathpur484 people
- Bara Barisha475 people
- Balisar465 people
- Barada Nankar407 people
- Barisha372 people
- Sridhar Basan351 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandpur?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandpur?74.6% (Census 2011)