# Chapbasan Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Chapbasan

Chapbasan is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,318 people in 545 households**, the 30th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,318people (2011)
- 545households
- 86.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapbasan

Of every 100 households in Chapbasan in 2011, 66 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chapbasan · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**20%

Tap water ****17%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****46%**

**45%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Chapbasan?

■ Chapbasan · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**972

Working population ****39.9%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 81.0% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (6%) · **■** Household industry 48 (5%) · **■** Other work 337 (36%) · **■** Marginal 438 (47%)

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 Tamluk

- Mirjapur2,561 people
- Kismatputputa2,506 people
- Padampur2,428 people
- Chaksiruradha2,329 people
- Ganapatinagar2,309 people
- Jay Krishnapur2,281 people
- Kalikapur2,208 people
- Naki Basan2,204 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapbasan?2,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapbasan in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapbasan?86.7% (Census 2011)