# Chelema Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Chelema

Chelema is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **840 people in 186 households**, the 43rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 840people (2011)
- 186households
- 65.0%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chelema

Of every 100 households in Chelema in 2011, 22 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chelema · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**68%

Use banking services ****55%**

**35%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chelema?

■ Chelema · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**961

Working population ****38.3%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 50.0% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (47%) · **■** Other work 105 (33%) · **■** Marginal 43 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankura - I

- Amlatara863 people
- Nandigram855 people
- Baindhka847 people
- Kapistha847 people
- Balardihi821 people
- Bhaturi814 people
- Damodarpur804 people
- Uttarbankati803 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chelema?840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chelema in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chelema?65.0% (Census 2011)