# Chhota Jhila Village, Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar 

# Chhota Jhila

Chhota Jhila is a village in Dinhata - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **941 people in 233 households**, the 84th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 941people (2011)
- 233households
- 71.5%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Jhila

Of every 100 households in Chhota Jhila in 2011, 6 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Jhila · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**35%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**88%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**49%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**34%

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 Jhila?

■ Chhota Jhila · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****655**

**949

Working population ****37.3%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 62.8% for women. 64% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (11%) · **■** Marginal 14 (4%)

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 Dinhata - I

- Atharabari1,044 people
- Boradanga989 people
- Singimari973 people
- Rangapani960 people
- Paharganj939 people
- Kamtapur927 people
- Bhalka Putimari925 people
- Ramprasad902 people

[All 130 villages in Dinhata - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Jhila?941 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Jhila in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Jhila?71.5% (Census 2011)