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Chapra Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chapra is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 187 families residing. The Chapra village has population of 928 of which 477 are males while 451 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chapra village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 15.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chapra village is 945 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chapra as per census is 1371, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chapra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chapra village was 61.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chapra Male literacy stands at 71.08 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chapra 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 Chapra village.

Chapra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 928 477 451
Child (0-6) 147 62 85
Schedule Caste 866 446 420
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.20 % 71.08 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 410 290 120
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 94 8 86

Caste Factor

In Chapra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 93.32 % of total population in Chapra village. The village Chapra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chapra village out of total population, 410 were engaged in work activities. 77.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 410 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.