# Chistipur Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chistipur

Chistipur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,019 people in 751 households**, the 10th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 3,019people (2011)
- 751households
- 89.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chistipur

Of every 100 households in Chistipur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chistipur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**39%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**46%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chistipur?

■ Chistipur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**932

Working population ****35.4%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 85.0% for women. 63% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 281 (26%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 203 (19%) · **■** Marginal 337 (32%)

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

- Amarpur4,388 people
- Belda3,702 people
- Naipur3,200 people
- Sahapur3,093 people
- Golara Nij3,001 people
- Barahat2,781 people
- Kanakpur2,686 people
- Dhankar2,667 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 Chistipur?3,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chistipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chistipur?89.2% (Census 2011)