# Chandramer Village, Sahid Matangini – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Chandramer

Chandramer is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,445 people in 333 households**, the 55th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,445people (2011)
- 333households
- 88.7%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandramer

Of every 100 households in Chandramer in 2011, 79 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandramer · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**6%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****17%**

**38%

Television ****23%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Chandramer?

■ Chandramer · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**955

Working population ****35.0%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 83.6% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 222 (44%) · **■** Marginal 226 (45%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Ichha Bari1,489 people
- Harasankar Ranichak1,480 people
- Naya Basan1,473 people
- Sonapetya1,452 people
- Barhara Shankar1,444 people
- Patanda1,398 people
- Ranichak1,394 people
- Udaychak1,387 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandramer?1,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandramer in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandramer?88.7% (Census 2011)