# Chaitanyapur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Chaitanyapur

Chaitanyapur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,169 people in 756 households**, the 8th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 3,169people (2011)
- 756households
- 93.4%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitanyapur

Of every 100 households in Chaitanyapur in 2011, 94 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 48 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chaitanyapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**20%

Tap water ****18%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****48%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**90%

Use banking services ****80%**

**38%

Television ****69%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**29%

Own their home ****71%**

**93%

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 Chaitanyapur?

■ Chaitanyapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**974

Working population ****36.4%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 91.3% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 789 (68%) · **■** Marginal 301 (26%)

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 Sutahata

- Gobindapur3,712 people
- Jaynagar3,610 people
- Dhenkua3,414 people
- Baneswar Chak3,293 people
- Erekhali3,074 people
- Begunbere2,849 people
- Bahardab Char2,679 people
- Durbbabere2,608 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitanyapur?3,169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitanyapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitanyapur?93.4% (Census 2011)