# Chandanpur Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,359 people in 257 households**, the 32nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,359people (2011)
- 257households
- 70.0%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**957

Working population ****45.8%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 55.4% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 251 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (18%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 55 (9%) · **■** Marginal 201 (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 Barabazar

- Kalpara1,445 people
- Kudlung1,445 people
- Tumrashou1,399 people
- Baramukru1,371 people
- Rajdih1,331 people
- Rautora1,298 people
- Damda1,292 people
- Pattoria1,278 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpur?1,359 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?70.0% (Census 2011)