# Chaturia Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaturia

Chaturia is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,296 people in 289 households**, the 53rd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,296people (2011)
- 289households
- 80.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaturia

Of every 100 households in Chaturia in 2011, 52 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Chaturia · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**15%

Tap water ****12%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**53%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**78%

Use banking services ****36%**

**46%

Television ****20%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****91%**

**92%

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 Chaturia?

■ Chaturia · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**940

Working population ****28.3%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 76.5% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 44 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (15%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 225 (61%) · **■** Marginal 30 (8%)

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 Barasat - I

- Daspuldanga1,457 people
- Chandigori1,452 people
- Malikapur1,372 people
- Kapasia1,334 people
- Sadarpur1,270 people
- Lakshmipur1,233 people
- Sebarhat1,188 people
- Muktarpur1,178 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaturia?1,296 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaturia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaturia?80.5% (Census 2011)