# Chandrakona Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chandrakona

Chandrakona is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,381 people in 266 households**, the 60th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,381people (2011)
- 266households
- 59.4%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandrakona

Of every 100 households in Chandrakona in 2011, 6 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandrakona · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**57%

Tap water ****23%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****60%**

**46%

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 Chandrakona?

■ Chandrakona · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1099**

**971

Working population ****31.1%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 56.2% for women. 48% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (8%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 61 (14%) · **■** Marginal 301 (70%)

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 Basanti

- Srirampur1,875 people
- Dakshin Battala1,832 people
- Mazidbari1,673 people
- Sajinatala1,392 people
- Naliakhali1,114 people
- Chak Pitambar Dutta1,092 people
- Uttar Battala724 people
- Tetultala446 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandrakona?1,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandrakona in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandrakona?59.4% (Census 2011)