# Chandpur Village, Bishnupur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chandpur

Chandpur is a village in Bishnupur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,880 people in 429 households**, the 29th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,880people (2011)
- 429households
- 79.3%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandpur

Of every 100 households in Chandpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chandpur · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**45%

Tap water ****100%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**84%

Use banking services ****22%**

**46%

Television ****27%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Chandpur?

■ Chandpur · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

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

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**953

Working population ****39.4%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 70.6% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (4%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 404 (55%) · **■** Marginal 273 (37%)

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 Bishnupur - II

- Kishorpur2,094 people
- Ramchandra Nagar2,043 people
- Srikrishnapur1,980 people
- Ramnagar1,972 people
- Ghora Hatamukandapur1,846 people
- Bhabanipur1,833 people
- Raypur1,801 people
- Makhalia1,745 people

[All 53 villages in Bishnupur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandpur?1,880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandpur?79.3% (Census 2011)