# Chiku Village, Kharibari, Darjiling (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kharibari, Darjiling 

# Chiku

Chiku is a village in Kharibari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 94 households**, the 59th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 435people (2011)
- 94households
- 47.3%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chiku

Of every 100 households in Chiku in 2011, 4 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chiku · ■ Kharibari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**64%

Tap water ****8%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**58%

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

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****2%**

**28%

Television ****1%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

Own their home ****93%**

**90%

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 Chiku?

■ Chiku · ■ Kharibari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**978

Working population ****50.8%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 37.7% for women. 53% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 30 (14%) · **■** Marginal 93 (42%)

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 Kharibari

- Alokjhari529 people
- Dakua508 people
- Jamatulla506 people
- Kungarpur498 people
- Jorpakari431 people
- Badalbhita408 people
- Subal394 people
- Dudha379 people

[All 74 villages in Kharibari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/kharibari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chiku?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiku in?Darjiling district (Kharibari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chiku?47.3% (Census 2011)