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

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Chowghara

Chowghara is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **335 people in 71 households**, the 201st largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 335people (2011)
- 71households
- 73.6%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chowghara

Of every 100 households in Chowghara in 2011, 68 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chowghara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****16%**

**68%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Chowghara?

■ Chowghara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**954

Working population ****59.1%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 59.1% for women. 60% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 135 (68%) · **■** Marginal 42 (21%)

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

- Gopinathdihi346 people
- Satkhulia344 people
- Malbedya340 people
- Nisehintapur336 people
- Rampur334 people
- Siulibana332 people
- Radhaballavpur326 people
- Budhanpur316 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chowghara?335 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chowghara in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chowghara?73.6% (Census 2011)