# Chhiruti Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Chhiruti

Chhiruti is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,299 people in 333 households**, the 79th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,299people (2011)
- 333households
- 67.0%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhiruti

Of every 100 households in Chhiruti in 2011, 17 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chhiruti · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**30%

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

**43%

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

**55%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**52%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****80%**

**33%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Chhiruti?

■ Chhiruti · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**972

Working population ****31.3%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 60.7% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (32%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 143 (35%) · **■** Marginal 22 (5%)

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 Berhampore

- Garamgari1,446 people
- Maharajpur1,428 people
- Hanumanta Nagar1,408 people
- Sundalpur1,404 people
- Gar Baharampur1,291 people
- Balarampur1,285 people
- Laksanpur1,267 people
- Char Begpur1,198 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhiruti?1,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhiruti in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhiruti?67.0% (Census 2011)