Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Chandipur

Chandipur is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 6,982 people in 1,288 households, the 3rd largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.
- 6,982 people (2011)
- 1,288 households
- 69.3% literacy
- 1,013 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandipur

Of every 100 households in Chandipur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandipur · ■ Kulpi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 33% 34%
- Toilet within the home 22% 38%
- No toilet (open defecation) 78% 61%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 92%
- Use banking services 7% 24%
- Television 9% 18%
- Mobile phone 29% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 57% 44%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chandipur?

■ Chandipur · ■ Kulpi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.3% 75.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1013 955
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1073 972
- Working population 25.5% 33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 63.7% for women. 48% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 155 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 421 (24%) · ■ Household industry 32 (2%) · ■ Other work 401 (23%) · ■ Marginal 771 (43%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kulpi
- Lakshmipur 23,956 people
- Belpukuria 13,011 people
- Karimnagar 5,443 people
- Manoharpur 5,206 people
- Arunnagar 4,604 people
- Darikautala 4,588 people

All 180 villages in Kulpi

## Other places named Chandipur
- Chandipur · Sub-district, Purba Medinipur · 188,119 people
- Chandipur · Sub-district, Baleshwar · 40,588 people
- Chandipur · Village, Manikchak, Maldah · 16,017 people
- Chandipur · Village, Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas · 11,021 people
- Chandipur · Village, Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas · 9,066 people
- Chandipur · Village, Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas · 8,519 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chandipur? 6,982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandipur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandipur? 69.3% (Census 2011)

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