# Chandra Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Chandra

Chandra is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 224 households**, the 35th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 224households
- 62.2%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandra

Of every 100 households in Chandra in 2011, 30 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandra · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%**

**89%

Use banking services ****33%**

**31%

Television ****21%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**29%

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 Chandra?

■ Chandra · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**939

Working population ****48.9%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 44.1% for women. 62% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (13%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 116 (20%) · **■** Marginal 326 (57%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Kurmasol1,337 people
- Daha1,267 people
- Syampur1,220 people
- Dhanara1,216 people
- Pialisol1,170 people
- Barmesya1,169 people
- Rangatanr1,168 people
- Makarkendi1,162 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandra?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandra in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandra?62.2% (Census 2011)