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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chandol

Chandol is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 311 households**, the 74th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 311households
- 58.1%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandol

Of every 100 households in Chandol in 2011, 24 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandol · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**16%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Chandol?

■ Chandol · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**955

Working population ****44.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 45.0% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (29%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (8%) · **■** Marginal 205 (34%)

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

- Patirajpur1,458 people
- Kamalpur1,437 people
- Banbol1,435 people
- Nalbhiti Madhabpur1,404 people
- Parmeswarbati1,371 people
- Bhelagachi1,370 people
- Dhamdhol1,361 people
- Khorna1,327 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandol?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandol in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandol?58.1% (Census 2011)