# Chelua Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Chelua

Chelua is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,261 people in 496 households**, the 38th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 2,261people (2011)
- 496households
- 80.0%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chelua

Of every 100 households in Chelua in 2011, 75 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chelua · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**48%

Tap water ****4%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****81%**

**58%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chelua?

■ Chelua · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1269**

**962

Working population ****40.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 70.5% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 225 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 415 (45%) · **■** Other work 106 (11%) · **■** Marginal 178 (19%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Dighir2,412 people
- Ghoshla2,355 people
- Baidyapur2,304 people
- Chandpur2,281 people
- Jiara2,228 people
- Chapabere2,193 people
- Harpur2,054 people
- Lokabati2,035 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chelua?2,261 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chelua in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chelua?80.0% (Census 2011)