# Chhiraikuri Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chhiraikuri

Chhiraikuri is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **527 people in 113 households**, the 166th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 527people (2011)
- 113households
- 60.6%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhiraikuri

Of every 100 households in Chhiraikuri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhiraikuri · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****56%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Chhiraikuri?

■ Chhiraikuri · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**954

Working population ****56.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 50.0% for women. 69% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (72%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (13%) · **■** Marginal 16 (5%)

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 Tapan

- Jagannathpur536 people
- Mahadebpur534 people
- Palimahadebpur530 people
- Ramrampur530 people
- Karanjara522 people
- Aihara497 people
- Chak Madhusudan497 people
- Bharila495 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhiraikuri?527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhiraikuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhiraikuri?60.6% (Census 2011)