# Chaugharia Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaugharia

Chaugharia is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,327 people in 267 households**, the 57th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,327people (2011)
- 267households
- 82.5%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaugharia

Of every 100 households in Chaugharia in 2011, 61 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Chaugharia · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**16%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****12%**

**40%

Television ****35%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Chaugharia?

■ Chaugharia · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**952

Working population ****32.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 79.3% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 307 (71%) · **■** Marginal 44 (10%)

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 - II

- Mitpukuria1,618 people
- Palitpara1,581 people
- Kamduni1,418 people
- Ghosalpur1,412 people
- Balipur1,311 people
- Bardeshia1,226 people
- Kaipul1,213 people
- Aminpur1,055 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaugharia?1,327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaugharia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaugharia?82.5% (Census 2011)