# Chaunagara Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chaunagara

Chaunagara is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,606 people in 491 households**, the 42nd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,606people (2011)
- 491households
- 57.8%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaunagara

Of every 100 households in Chaunagara in 2011, 37 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaunagara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**96%

Use banking services ****51%**

**19%

Television ****18%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaunagara?

■ Chaunagara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**943

Working population ****41.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 49.4% for women. 48% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 158 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 441 (41%) · **■** Household industry 52 (5%) · **■** Other work 284 (26%) · **■** Marginal 147 (14%)

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 Karandighi

- Khowaspur2,799 people
- Kailara2,797 people
- Choprabari2,772 people
- Kamat2,766 people
- Dhauta2,579 people
- Barhans2,542 people
- Pachim Mohanpur2,541 people
- Parua2,533 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaunagara?2,606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaunagara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaunagara?57.8% (Census 2011)