# Chongra Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Chongra

Chongra is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,968 people in 1,160 households**, the 10th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 4,968people (2011)
- 1,160households
- 86.9%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chongra

Of every 100 households in Chongra in 2011, 42 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chongra · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**36%

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

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**18%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**89%

Use banking services ****38%**

**31%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Chongra?

■ Chongra · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**940

Working population ****34.9%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 81.5% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 376 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 239 (14%) · **■** Household industry 42 (2%) · **■** Other work 457 (26%) · **■** Marginal 619 (36%)

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 Moyna

- Srikantha6,549 people
- Bakcha6,185 people
- Kiyarana5,808 people
- Tilkhoja5,766 people
- Sudampur4,774 people
- Anandapur4,343 people
- Gojina4,322 people
- Ramchandrapur4,243 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chongra?4,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chongra in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chongra?86.9% (Census 2011)