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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chapair

Chapair is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,113 people in 242 households**, the 73rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,113people (2011)
- 242households
- 52.8%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapair

Of every 100 households in Chapair in 2011, 1 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chapair · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

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 Chapair?

■ Chapair · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****44.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 47.8% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (43%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (5%) · **■** Marginal 150 (30%)

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

- Hatpara1,144 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur1,144 people
- Pahargaon1,128 people
- Kashidanga1,119 people
- Kushgram1,097 people
- Hariharpur1,094 people
- Sahapur1,088 people
- Uttar Shankarpur1,088 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapair?1,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapair in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapair?52.8% (Census 2011)