# Chandan Nagar Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandan Nagar

Chandan Nagar is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,670 people in 367 households**, the 44th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 1,670people (2011)
- 367households
- 87.7%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandan Nagar

Of every 100 households in Chandan Nagar in 2011, 31 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandan Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**11%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**31%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chandan Nagar?

■ Chandan Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**922

Working population ****33.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 84.6% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (22%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 158 (29%) · **■** Marginal 242 (44%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Brindaban Chak1,757 people
- Amtalya1,747 people
- Parul Bari1,718 people
- Banasri Gauri1,696 people
- Dijamtalya1,660 people
- Kanango Chak1,603 people
- Saudikhali Jalpai1,516 people
- Maheshpur1,514 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandan Nagar?1,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandan Nagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandan Nagar?87.7% (Census 2011)