# Chamta Village, Sitai, Koch Bihar (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sitai, Koch Bihar 

# Chamta

Chamta is a village in Sitai sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,469 people in 2,251 households**, the 1st largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 9,469people (2011)
- 2,251households
- 60.9%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamta

Of every 100 households in Chamta in 2011, 4 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chamta · ■ Sitai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**43%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**87%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****18%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chamta?

■ Chamta · ■ Sitai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**967

Working population ****47.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 54.6% for women. 59% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,698 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,386 (31%) · **■** Household industry 16 (0%) · **■** Other work 238 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1,173 (26%)

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 Sitai

- Bharali7,062 people
- Kesaribari6,507 people
- Dhumerkhata5,992 people
- Brahmottra Chatra5,863 people

[All 53 villages in Sitai](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamta?9,469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamta in?Koch Bihar district (Sitai sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamta?60.9% (Census 2011)