# Purba Chikliguri Village, Alipurduar - II – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/purba-chikliguri/

Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Purba Chikliguri

Purba Chikliguri is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,999 people in 1,204 households**, the 5th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 4,999people (2011)
- 1,204households
- 73.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Chikliguri

Of every 100 households in Purba Chikliguri in 2011, 23 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Chikliguri · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**54%

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

**45%

Tap water ****14%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****31%**

**25%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Purba Chikliguri?

■ Purba Chikliguri · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**939

Working population ****35.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 67.1% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 356 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (20%) · **■** Household industry 21 (1%) · **■** Other work 599 (34%) · **■** Marginal 428 (24%)

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

- Kohinur Tea Garden8,822 people
- Salsalabari6,882 people
- Purba Chepani5,999 people
- Uttar Parokata5,779 people
- Dakshin Panialguri4,677 people
- Chandijhar4,615 people
- Paschim Barachouki4,566 people
- Dakshin Parokata4,457 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Chikliguri?4,999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Chikliguri in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Chikliguri?73.3% (Census 2011)