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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Chandra

Chandra is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,884 people in 790 households**, the 3rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 3,884people (2011)
- 790households
- 66.9%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandra

Of every 100 households in Chandra in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chandra · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**29%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**88%

Use banking services ****20%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Chandra?

■ Chandra · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**68.1%

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

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**969

Working population ****51.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 51.6% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 256 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 469 (24%) · **■** Household industry 106 (5%) · **■** Other work 236 (12%) · **■** Marginal 922 (46%)

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

- Puncha5,404 people
- Pirra4,049 people
- Kenda3,803 people
- Jambad3,776 people
- Lapara3,267 people
- Badra3,082 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandra?3,884 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandra in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandra?66.9% (Census 2011)