# Chaulja Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Chaulja

Chaulja is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,729 people in 466 households**, the 15th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,729people (2011)
- 466households
- 77.5%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaulja

Of every 100 households in Chaulja in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaulja · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****21%**

**23%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Chaulja?

■ Chaulja · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**963

Working population ****44.0%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 69.3% for women. 65% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (34%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (6%) · **■** Marginal 222 (29%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Bara Akulpur2,224 people
- Kamarhati2,096 people
- Birnagar1,931 people
- Beja1,882 people
- Chhamna1,727 people
- Kundala1,723 people
- Jhalka1,659 people
- Narayanghati1,651 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaulja?1,729 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaulja in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaulja?77.5% (Census 2011)