# Chandail Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chandail

Chandail is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,557 people in 339 households**, the 45th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,557people (2011)
- 339households
- 53.0%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandail

Of every 100 households in Chandail in 2011, 34 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chandail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**20%

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 Chandail?

■ Chandail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**969

Working population ****32.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 45.7% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 303 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 63 (12%) · **■** Marginal 23 (5%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Khatsa1,697 people
- Purgram1,668 people
- Keotan1,639 people
- Lohatara1,594 people
- Chandgaon1,539 people
- Baidan1,509 people
- Dasai1,480 people
- Mrizapur1,472 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandail?1,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandail in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandail?53.0% (Census 2011)