# Chandipur Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chandipur

Chandipur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,456 people in 1,283 households**, the 15th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 5,456people (2011)
- 1,283households
- 73.6%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Chandipur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandipur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****11%**

**35%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****61%**

**51%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chandipur?

■ Chandipur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**981

Working population ****38.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 65.7% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 244 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 496 (24%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 146 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,178 (56%)

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 Gosaba

- Chimta6,332 people
- Bally6,234 people
- Kalidaspur5,724 people
- Amtali5,660 people
- Puinjali5,455 people
- Gosaba5,369 people
- Birajnagar5,328 people
- Kachu Khali5,176 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandipur?5,456 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandipur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandipur?73.6% (Census 2011)