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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chiranch

Chiranch is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,201 people in 234 households**, the 116th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,201people (2011)
- 234households
- 37.2%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chiranch

Of every 100 households in Chiranch in 2011, 40 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chiranch · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**28%

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 Chiranch?

■ Chiranch · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1123**

**943

Working population ****35.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.7% for men and 30.9% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (66%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 66 (16%)

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

- Purba Prasadpur1,243 people
- Baijuar1,237 people
- Dewanjagir1,207 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur1,206 people
- Kamartua1,189 people
- Sargaon1,180 people
- Purba Mohanpur1,165 people
- Paniha1,153 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chiranch?1,201 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiranch in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chiranch?37.2% (Census 2011)