# Chhota Thunkirjhar Village, Mekliganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Chhota Thunkirjhar

Chhota Thunkirjhar is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **68 people in 13 households**, the 135th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 68people (2011)
- 13households
- 73.6%literacy
- 700females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Thunkirjhar

Of every 100 households in Chhota Thunkirjhar in 2011, 8 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Chhota Thunkirjhar · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**36%

Television ****23%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**38%

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 Thunkirjhar?

■ Chhota Thunkirjhar · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****700**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**930

Working population ****41.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 52.6% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (25%) · **■** Household industry 1 (4%) · **■** Other work 8 (29%) · **■** Marginal 2 (7%)

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

- Bhogramguri101 people
- Kharkharia99 people
- Jhar Singheswar91 people
- Paschim Patchhara Gopalpur88 people
- Madhya Bhotbari54 people
- Purbba Jamaldaha14 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Thunkirjhar?68 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Thunkirjhar in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Thunkirjhar?73.6% (Census 2011)