Chandra Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Chandra is a small village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 24 families residing. The Chandra village has population of 112 of which 52 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandra village population of children with age 0-6 is 13 which makes up 11.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandra village is 1154 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandra as per census is 2250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chandra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandra village was 56.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chandra Male literacy stands at 70.83 % while female literacy rate was 43.14 %.

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

Chandra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	24	-	-
Population	112	52	60
Child (0-6)	13	4	9
Schedule Caste	35	17	18
Schedule Tribe	70	32	38
Literacy	56.57 %	70.83 %	43.14 %
Total Workers	61	32	29
Main Worker	42	-	-
Marginal Worker	19	0	19

Caste Factor

In Chandra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 31.25 % of total population in Chandra village.

Work Profile

In Chandra village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 68.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.