# Chandanpukur Village, Baruipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chandanpukur

Chandanpukur is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,975 people in 466 households**, the 57th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,975people (2011)
- 466households
- 79.3%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpukur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpukur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpukur · ■ Baruipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**35%

Tap water ****71%**

**35%

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

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**85%

Use banking services ****80%**

**39%

Television ****27%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****56%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**94%

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 Chandanpukur?

■ Chandanpukur · ■ Baruipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**954

Working population ****31.3%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 71.2% for women. 50% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 36 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (3%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 292 (47%) · **■** Marginal 257 (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 Baruipur

- Rajgara2,020 people
- Bhanta2,010 people
- Kalikapur2,004 people
- Tripura Nagar2,001 people
- Chakar Bar1,951 people
- Madhubanpur1,923 people
- Chandipur1,911 people
- Nihata1,904 people

[All 126 villages in Baruipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/baruipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpukur?1,975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpukur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpukur?79.3% (Census 2011)