# Chilagara Village, Ranibundh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Chilagara

Chilagara is a village in Ranibundh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,200 people in 269 households**, the 23rd largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 1,200people (2011)
- 269households
- 65.3%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chilagara

Of every 100 households in Chilagara in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chilagara · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****99%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**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 Chilagara?

■ Chilagara · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**951

Working population ****57.9%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 49.5% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (3%) · **■** Marginal 554 (80%)

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 Ranibundh

- Khejura1,226 people
- Ladda1,220 people
- Satnala1,214 people
- Kulam1,204 people
- Bikramdihi1,098 people
- Jaynagar1,093 people
- Nachna1,086 people
- Dulalpur1,076 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chilagara?1,200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilagara in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chilagara?65.3% (Census 2011)