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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Chanchra

Chanchra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,432 people in 253 households**, the 47th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,432people (2011)
- 253households
- 73.7%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanchra

Of every 100 households in Chanchra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chanchra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****31%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Chanchra?

■ Chanchra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**966

Working population ****42.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 60.7% for women. 49% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (15%) · **■** Marginal 482 (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

- Karcha1,530 people
- Shitalpur1,496 people
- Mamurjor1,495 people
- Chepri1,489 people
- Panrkidi Alias Bheladi1,426 people
- Dubcharka1,406 people
- Haramjanga1,357 people
- Dhansura1,308 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanchra?1,432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanchra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanchra?73.7% (Census 2011)