# Chainpur Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Chainpur

Chainpur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,785 people in 506 households**, the 12th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,785people (2011)
- 506households
- 63.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chainpur

Of every 100 households in Chainpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chainpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**84%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

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 Chainpur?

■ Chainpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**966

Working population ****33.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 50.9% for women. 41% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 135 (14%) · **■** Marginal 744 (79%)

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 Purulia - II

- Baghra3,221 people
- Palanja3,142 people
- Golamara2,954 people
- Bhangra2,824 people
- Belma2,773 people
- Naudiha2,765 people
- Pithajora2,717 people
- Golkunra2,703 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chainpur?2,785 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chainpur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chainpur?63.6% (Census 2011)