# Chhat Elajan Village, Cooch Behar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Chhat Elajan

Chhat Elajan is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,063 people in 463 households**, the 51st largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,063people (2011)
- 463households
- 69.6%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhat Elajan

Of every 100 households in Chhat Elajan in 2011, 24 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chhat Elajan · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**47%

Tap water ****27%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**40%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chhat Elajan?

■ Chhat Elajan · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**942

Working population ****32.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 63.5% for women. 52% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (12%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 345 (52%) · **■** Marginal 137 (21%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Sitalbas2,157 people
- Lankabar2,137 people
- Kachamari2,104 people
- Charaker Kuthi Dewanbas2,091 people
- Ghargharia Dwitia Khanda2,051 people
- Hastabud Kasaldanga2,051 people
- Chhota Nalangibari1,964 people
- Bara Naldhondra1,960 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhat Elajan?2,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhat Elajan in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhat Elajan?69.6% (Census 2011)