# Chhota Nijtaraf Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Chhota Nijtaraf

Chhota Nijtaraf is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **304 people in 77 households**, the 101st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 304people (2011)
- 77households
- 83.9%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Nijtaraf

Of every 100 households in Chhota Nijtaraf in 2011, 33 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhota Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**74%

Tap water ****11%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**93%

Use banking services ****45%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**38%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Nijtaraf?

■ Chhota Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****412**

**930

Working population ****32.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 78.4% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (10%) · **■** Other work 62 (63%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Mekliganj

- Purbba Nijtaraf351 people
- Debottar Buraburi337 people
- Purbba Hemkumari337 people
- Chhota Fulkar Dabri Bajejama306 people
- Chhota Jikabari290 people
- Buraburi Patchhara289 people
- Purbba Panisala287 people
- Uttar Nijtaraf280 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Nijtaraf?304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Nijtaraf in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Nijtaraf?83.9% (Census 2011)