# Chanda Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chanda

Chanda is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,790 people in 521 households**, the 11th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,790people (2011)
- 521households
- 73.0%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanda

Of every 100 households in Chanda in 2011, 23 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chanda · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**44%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chanda?

■ Chanda · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**977

Working population ****31.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 69.5% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (9%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 422 (47%) · **■** Marginal 292 (33%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Netra3,577 people
- Uttar Diarak3,295 people
- Bolsiddhi3,119 people
- Uttar Sehardaha3,090 people
- Dakshin Sehardaha2,769 people
- Sultanpur2,729 people
- Lakshmipur2,688 people
- Jangalpara2,654 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanda?2,790 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanda in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chanda?73.0% (Census 2011)