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Chainpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chainpur is a large village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 506 families residing. The Chainpur village has population of 2785 of which 1437 are males while 1348 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chainpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 505 which makes up 18.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chainpur village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chainpur as per census is 980, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chainpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chainpur village was 63.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chainpur Male literacy stands at 75.38 % while female literacy rate was 50.91 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chainpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chainpur village.

Chainpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 506 - -
Population 2,785 1,437 1,348
Child (0-6) 505 255 250
Schedule Caste 899 463 436
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.60 % 75.38 % 50.91 %
Total Workers 943 590 353
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 744 430 314

Caste Factor

Chainpur village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.28 % of total population in Chainpur village. The village Chainpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chainpur village out of total population, 943 were engaged in work activities. 21.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 943 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.