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

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Chhota Elajan

Chhota Elajan is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **470 people in 111 households**, the 117th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 470people (2011)
- 111households
- 83.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Elajan

Of every 100 households in Chhota Elajan in 2011, 46 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Elajan · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**52%

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

**47%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****96%**

**40%

Television ****19%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chhota Elajan?

■ Chhota Elajan · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1909**

**942

Working population ****32.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 76.3% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 28 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (57%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 35 (23%)

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

- Latkarpar524 people
- Kunidanga507 people
- Daharerpar484 people
- Kursamari477 people
- Kanikata Seoraguri450 people
- Hirar Kuthi439 people
- Chatra Chekapdara407 people
- Putimari389 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 Chhota Elajan?470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Elajan in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Elajan?83.0% (Census 2011)