# Chitgaon Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Chitgaon

Chitgaon is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **620 people in 142 households**, the 109th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 620people (2011)
- 142households
- 52.8%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitgaon

Of every 100 households in Chitgaon in 2011, 9 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chitgaon · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****1%**

**77%

Use banking services ****23%**

**51%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Chitgaon?

■ Chitgaon · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**980

Working population ****34.0%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 42.0% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (59%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Harulia647 people
- Satkenduri630 people
- Simlakuri629 people
- Koraturi624 people
- Bandundra582 people
- Bhudhgram582 people
- Tarulia582 people
- Khosnagar580 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitgaon?620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitgaon in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitgaon?52.8% (Census 2011)