# Chatra Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Chatra

Chatra is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,733 people in 655 households**, the 20th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 2,733people (2011)
- 655households
- 73.9%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chatra

Of every 100 households in Chatra in 2011, 55 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chatra · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**84%

Tap water ****57%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**86%

Use banking services ****26%**

**20%

Television ****38%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**46%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Chatra?

■ Chatra · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**983

Working population ****29.3%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 67.4% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (41%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 403 (50%) · **■** Marginal 26 (3%)

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 Murarai - I

- Kahinagar3,172 people
- Duria3,012 people
- Kamdebnala2,931 people
- Ratanpur2,840 people
- Makoa2,668 people
- Paschim Simlapara2,635 people
- Kanakpur2,546 people
- Ruprampur2,488 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chatra?2,733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chatra in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chatra?73.9% (Census 2011)