# Chandra Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Chandra

Chandra is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,193 people in 241 households**, the 20th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 1,193people (2011)
- 241households
- 55.3%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandra

Of every 100 households in Chandra in 2011, 27 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandra · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Chandra?

■ Chandra · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**957

Working population ****55.2%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 38.8% for women. 57% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 182 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (27%) · **■** Other work 97 (15%) · **■** Marginal 199 (30%)

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 Bundwan

- Roladi1,332 people
- Bhalu1,307 people
- Dhabani1,275 people
- Rithugora1,208 people
- Bhamragora1,168 people
- Baratalpat1,152 people
- Madhupur1,133 people
- Barakaram1,120 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandra?1,193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandra in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandra?55.3% (Census 2011)