# Chandanpur Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **509 people in 89 households**, the 70th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 509people (2011)
- 89households
- 65.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****30%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****676**

**969

Working population ****42.4%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 48.6% for women. 55% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (12%) · **■** Marginal 152 (70%)

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 Puncha

- Ramkundi582 people
- Kalapathar Alias Runujhunu547 people
- Dhangakend544 people
- Chakia514 people
- Chhatalalpur473 people
- Deuli471 people
- Baradahi Alias Dhadkidi429 people
- Shyampur416 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpur?509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?65.5% (Census 2011)