# Chandigram Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chandigram

Chandigram is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,460 people in 478 households**, the 31st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,460people (2011)
- 478households
- 58.7%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandigram

Of every 100 households in Chandigram in 2011, 14 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandigram · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**82%

Tap water ****32%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chandigram?

■ Chandigram · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**955

Working population ****41.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 52.2% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 472 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 380 (37%) · **■** Other work 22 (2%) · **■** Marginal 154 (15%)

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 Itahar

- Parergram2,685 people
- Chandanpur2,640 people
- Kamalai2,632 people
- Phkhuria2,466 people
- Kotar2,450 people
- Kamardanga2,367 people
- Purba Durlabhpur2,365 people
- Tharais2,309 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandigram?2,460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandigram in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandigram?58.7% (Census 2011)