# Aljhara Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Aljhara

Aljhara is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,860 people in 346 households**, the 11th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,860people (2011)
- 346households
- 63.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aljhara

Of every 100 households in Aljhara in 2011, 25 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aljhara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**80%

Use banking services ****78%**

**68%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Aljhara?

■ Aljhara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**954

Working population ****40.5%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 51.2% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (22%) · **■** Marginal 388 (51%)

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 Chhatna

- Arra2,127 people
- Bamankuli2,098 people
- Jirra2,085 people
- Ghoshergan1,909 people
- Lohagar1,836 people
- Pahar Ghata1,830 people
- Bahara1,818 people
- Jambede1,777 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aljhara?1,860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aljhara in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aljhara?63.7% (Census 2011)