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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Chapda

Chapda is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,494 people in 558 households**, the 38th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,494people (2011)
- 558households
- 89.7%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapda

Of every 100 households in Chapda in 2011, 53 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chapda · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**44%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

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 Chapda?

■ Chapda · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**942

Working population ****41.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 83.7% for women. 65% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 582 (57%) · **■** Marginal 297 (29%)

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

- Jhakurkol2,721 people
- Manua2,601 people
- Gurchakil2,599 people
- Kala Gechhya2,584 people
- Dakshin Sagarbar2,444 people
- Jugiber2,397 people
- Dakshin Jinanda2,371 people
- Kantabani Shasan2,310 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapda?2,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapda in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapda?89.7% (Census 2011)