# Choa Village, Hariharpara, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Hariharpara, Murshidabad 

# Choa

Choa is a village in Hariharpara sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **17,672 people in 4,471 households**, the 2nd largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 17,672people (2011)
- 4,471households
- 68.3%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Choa

Of every 100 households in Choa in 2011, 22 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Choa · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**26%

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

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**61%

Tap water ****4%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**68%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**30%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Choa?

■ Choa · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**992

Working population ****34.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 67.3% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 763 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,972 (32%) · **■** Household industry 248 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,324 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1,810 (30%)

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 Hariharpara

- Rukunpur18,663 people
- Kismat Imadpur16,604 people
- Hariharpara14,827 people
- Biharia12,282 people
- Pratappur10,430 people

[All 63 villages in Hariharpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/hariharpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Choa?17,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Choa in?Murshidabad district (Hariharpara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Choa?68.3% (Census 2011)