# Chichinga Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Chichinga

Chichinga is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,591 people in 384 households**, the 38th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,591people (2011)
- 384households
- 61.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chichinga

Of every 100 households in Chichinga in 2011, 7 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chichinga · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**66%

Tap water ****31%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**80%

Use banking services ****9%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Chichinga?

■ Chichinga · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**964

Working population ****47.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 53.2% for women. 63% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 402 (54%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 95 (13%) · **■** Marginal 162 (22%)

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 Indus

- Haiyat Nagar1,671 people
- Charigram1,656 people
- Keneti1,656 people
- Pantrai1,634 people
- Khat Nagar1,530 people
- Tishanal1,519 people
- Dhamur1,500 people
- Behar1,481 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chichinga?1,591 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chichinga in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chichinga?61.1% (Census 2011)