# Chorkhana Village, Sitai, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitai, Koch Bihar 

# Chorkhana

Chorkhana is a village in Sitai sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **896 people in 232 households**, the 38th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 896people (2011)
- 232households
- 54.8%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chorkhana

Of every 100 households in Chorkhana in 2011, 31 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chorkhana · ■ Sitai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**87%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**26%

Television ****11%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Chorkhana?

■ Chorkhana · ■ Sitai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**967

Working population ****55.7%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 50.0% for women. 67% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 123 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 299 (60%)

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

- Chhota Bara Masia1,064 people
- Bajitchatra1,024 people
- Sovana Bara Masia1,005 people
- Nagargidari955 people
- Deokhata872 people
- Bara Bangla870 people
- Dakshin Singimari829 people
- Kaimari761 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chorkhana?896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chorkhana in?Koch Bihar district (Sitai sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chorkhana?54.8% (Census 2011)