# Chaita Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaita

Chaita is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,390 people in 528 households**, the 36th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 2,390people (2011)
- 528households
- 57.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaita

Of every 100 households in Chaita in 2011, 50 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaita · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****70%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Chaita?

■ Chaita · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**969

Working population ****38.6%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.1% for men and 56.7% for women. 64% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 350 (38%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 422 (46%) · **■** Marginal 43 (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 Basirhat - II

- Maynali2,511 people
- Dhopa Baria2,499 people
- Raharhati2,447 people
- Amtona2,394 people
- Joypur Gopmahal2,334 people
- Uttar Debipur2,089 people
- Dugbaria2,074 people
- Chak Kalikapur1,950 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaita?2,390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaita in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaita?57.9% (Census 2011)