# Chaupad Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Chaupad

Chaupad is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **861 people in 175 households**, the 57th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 861people (2011)
- 175households
- 73.6%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaupad

Of every 100 households in Chaupad in 2011, 17 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaupad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaupad?

■ Chaupad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****587**

**946

Working population ****43.3%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 57.6% for women. 46% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (15%) · **■** Marginal 204 (55%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Tanasi878 people
- Saramba871 people
- Bara Ganta870 people
- Nutandi864 people
- Durgu853 people
- Kashidi852 people
- Patmadi841 people
- Gokulnagar835 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaupad?861 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaupad in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaupad?73.6% (Census 2011)