Chandpur Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Chandpur is a village situated in Potashpur - I block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 293 families residing in the village Chandpur. The total population of Chandpur is 1,392 out of which 720 are males and 672 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Chandpur is 933.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Chandpur village is 152 which is 11% of the total population. There are 89 male children and 63 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Chandpur is 708 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (933) of Chandpur village.

Population
1,392
Families
293
Literacy
83.47%
Sex Ratio
933

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Chandpur is 83.5%. Thus Chandpur village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 90.97% and the female literacy rate is 75.7% in Chandpur village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Chandpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Chandpur Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Chandpur village.

Total Male Female
Children 152 89 63
Literacy 83.47% 90.97% 75.7%
Scheduled Caste 435 220 215
Scheduled Tribe 1 0 1
Illiterate 357 146 211

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Chandpur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Chandpur village out of total population, 556 were engaged in work activities. 62.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 556 workers engaged in Main Work, 129 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 345 317 28
Cultivators 129 127 2
Agriculture Labourer 141 130 11
Household Industries 12 11 1
Other Workers 63 49 14
Marginal Workers 211 117 94
Non Working 836 286 550

Nearby Villages to Chandpur,

Below are the list of villages near Chandpur village in Potashpur - I.

Village Population
Ambi 1,306
Sahapur 93
Sanya 1,279
Makrampur 2,293
Mirjapur 1,258
Chak Sadarja 44
Chak Gopal 778
Chakjogi 12
Padima 1,879
Bajitpur 371

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