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

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Chepua

Chepua is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,209 people in 440 households**, the 7th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 2,209people (2011)
- 440households
- 66.0%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chepua

Of every 100 households in Chepua in 2011, 12 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chepua · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**89%

Use banking services ****28%**

**31%

Television ****15%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Chepua?

■ Chepua · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**939

Working population ****37.1%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 52.1% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (20%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 145 (18%) · **■** Marginal 393 (48%)

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

- Bhalubasa2,789 people
- Gopalnagar2,615 people
- Jabla2,535 people
- Bamni2,481 people
- Jharbagda2,162 people
- Damda2,161 people
- Majhihira2,104 people
- Punrra1,890 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chepua?2,209 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chepua in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chepua?66.0% (Census 2011)