# Chainagar Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chainagar

Chainagar is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,662 people in 613 households**, the 13th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 2,662people (2011)
- 613households
- 63.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chainagar

Of every 100 households in Chainagar in 2011, 25 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chainagar · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****8%**

**16%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chainagar?

■ Chainagar · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**955

Working population ****53.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 57.3% for women. 63% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 261 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 349 (24%) · **■** Household industry 88 (6%) · **■** Other work 126 (9%) · **■** Marginal 607 (42%)

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 Hemtabad

- Titihi2,810 people
- Nurpur2,716 people
- Gutin2,674 people
- Kantor2,671 people
- Bahin Paharpur2,571 people
- Baribari2,553 people
- Dadhikotbari2,507 people
- Samaspur2,297 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chainagar?2,662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chainagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chainagar?63.0% (Census 2011)