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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Chepra

Chepra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,508 people in 467 households**, the 20th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,508people (2011)
- 467households
- 58.7%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chepra

Of every 100 households in Chepra in 2011, 48 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chepra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****58%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chepra?

■ Chepra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1117**

**966

Working population ****36.8%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 45.0% for women. 49% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (5%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 405 (44%) · **■** Marginal 390 (42%)

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

- Golkunra2,703 people
- Pirargarya2,664 people
- Podlara2,594 people
- Pindra2,512 people
- Surulia2,451 people
- Sindurpur2,382 people
- Hatuara2,353 people
- Kotra2,316 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chepra?2,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chepra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chepra?58.7% (Census 2011)