# Chilurghat Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Chilurghat

Chilurghat is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,849 people in 480 households**, the 55th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,849people (2011)
- 480households
- 83.1%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chilurghat

Of every 100 households in Chilurghat in 2011, 60 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chilurghat · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**45%

Tap water ****18%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**25%

Television ****36%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Chilurghat?

■ Chilurghat · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1089**

**939

Working population ****33.0%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 79.1% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (23%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 201 (33%) · **■** Marginal 158 (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 Alipurduar - II

- Bakla2,004 people
- Purba Khalishamari1,982 people
- Mahakalguri1,917 people
- Nurpur1,860 people
- Dakshin Mahakalguri1,787 people
- Baniadabri1,754 people
- Dakshin Majherdabri1,739 people
- Dakshin Dhalkar1,703 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chilurghat?1,849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilurghat in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chilurghat?83.1% (Census 2011)