# Chandpur Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandpur

Chandpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 293 households**, the 33rd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 293households
- 83.5%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Chandpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****52%**

**46%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****22%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****708**

**932

Working population ****39.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 75.7% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (25%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (11%) · **■** Marginal 211 (38%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Aymabar Barya1,730 people
- Panchuria1,691 people
- Amgechhe1,676 people
- Narpada1,600 people
- Gopalsingpur1,346 people
- Tapinda1,346 people
- Pal Para Bheri1,327 people
- Paharpur1,316 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandpur?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandpur?83.5% (Census 2011)