# Chapra Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chapra

Chapra is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **745 people in 148 households**, the 170th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 745people (2011)
- 148households
- 77.1%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chapra

Of every 100 households in Chapra in 2011, 2 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chapra · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****9%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Chapra?

■ Chapra · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****517**

**939

Working population ****36.5%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 70.6% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 49 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (15%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 154 (57%)

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 Raiganj

- Bastor799 people
- Brahmapur773 people
- Bannagra762 people
- Budhor757 people
- Baniapukur728 people
- Paschim Gopalpur722 people
- Ekamba717 people
- Dulahpur705 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chapra?745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chapra in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chapra?77.1% (Census 2011)