# Chhatma Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chhatma

Chhatma is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **865 people in 197 households**, the 66th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 865people (2011)
- 197households
- 79.9%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhatma

Of every 100 households in Chhatma in 2011, 27 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhatma · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****15%**

**25%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**33%

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 Chhatma?

■ Chhatma · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**951

Working population ****34.9%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 74.9% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 68 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (32%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 131 (43%)

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 Kumarganj

- Katakol943 people
- Badangina930 people
- Dakshin Ramkrishnapur923 people
- Kharmar Bodra909 people
- Raikhan864 people
- Buribar860 people
- Enatullapur Munjarichak853 people
- Narayanpur852 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhatma?865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhatma in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhatma?79.9% (Census 2011)