Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar
# Chhedarjhar

Chhedarjhar is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 343 people in 86 households, the 127th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 343 people (2011)
- 86 households
- 72.1% literacy
- 1,018 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhedarjhar

Of every 100 households in Chhedarjhar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhedarjhar · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 25%
- Toilet within the home 25% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 75% 47%
- Tap water 59% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 97% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 93% 40%
- Television 0% 12%
- Mobile phone 23% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 40% 36%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chhedarjhar?

■ Chhedarjhar · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.1% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1018 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1045 942
- Working population 37.3% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 64.7% for women. 64% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 57 (45%) · ■ Farm labourers 43 (34%) · ■ Household industry 2 (2%) · ■ Other work 16 (12%) · ■ Marginal 10 (8%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Cooch Behar - I
- Tang Tangi 384 people
- Dasagram 375 people
- Dakshin Ambari 368 people
- Dakshin Boragari 366 people
- Jagarjhuli Bhasirthana 338 people
- Chaukuri 315 people
- Khalisaguri 307 people
- Kasiabari 302 people

All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chhedarjhar? 343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhedarjhar in? Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhedarjhar? 72.1% (Census 2011)

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