# Chhautara Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Chhautara

Chhautara is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **663 people in 159 households**, the 109th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 663people (2011)
- 159households
- 58.4%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhautara

Of every 100 households in Chhautara in 2011, 36 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhautara · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**85%

Use banking services ****86%**

**57%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**33%

Own their home ****85%**

**95%

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 Chhautara?

■ Chhautara · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1444**

**961

Working population ****41.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 50.7% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (41%) · **■** Other work 78 (28%) · **■** Marginal 73 (26%)

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 Sainthia

- Gorala676 people
- Raihat676 people
- Gargaria667 people
- Banamalidihi663 people
- Shashidharpur662 people
- Nohana661 people
- Ballabhpur659 people
- Narayanpur656 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhautara?663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhautara in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhautara?58.4% (Census 2011)