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Chanchar Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Chanchar is a medium size village located in Vishnupur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Chanchar village has population of 1141 of which 579 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanchar village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 12.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanchar village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanchar as per census is 663, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chanchar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanchar village was 53.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chanchar Male literacy stands at 62.30 % while female literacy rate was 44.77 %.

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

Chanchar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,141 579 562
Child (0-6) 138 83 55
Schedule Caste 232 117 115
Schedule Tribe 21 12 9
Literacy 53.44 % 62.30 % 44.77 %
Total Workers 411 345 66
Main Worker 348 - -
Marginal Worker 63 32 31

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.84 % of total population in Chanchar village.

Work Profile

In Chanchar village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 84.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.