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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Chepri

Chepri is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 216 households**, the 46th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,489people (2011)
- 216households
- 27.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chepri

Of every 100 households in Chepri in 2011, 13 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chepri · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****21%**

**41%

Television ****1%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**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 Chepri?

■ Chepri · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**966

Working population ****16.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 36.5% for men and 18.2% for women. 29% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 116 (47%) · **■** Marginal 126 (51%)

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

- Bandhgar1,543 people
- Karcha1,530 people
- Shitalpur1,496 people
- Mamurjor1,495 people
- Chanchra1,432 people
- Panrkidi Alias Bheladi1,426 people
- Dubcharka1,406 people
- Haramjanga1,357 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chepri?1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chepri in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chepri?27.4% (Census 2011)