# Chamta Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chamta

Chamta is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,267 people in 547 households**, the 65th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,267people (2011)
- 547households
- 72.5%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamta

Of every 100 households in Chamta in 2011, 10 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chamta · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**42%

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

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****45%**

**38%

Television ****5%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chamta?

■ Chamta · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**962

Working population ****34.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 68.1% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 244 (31%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 290 (37%) · **■** Marginal 77 (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 Bongaon

- Adityapur2,406 people
- Keutipara2,353 people
- Chanda2,313 people
- Barddhan Beria2,311 people
- Damdama2,264 people
- Harishpur2,183 people
- Gopalnagar2,174 people
- Kamalapur2,102 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamta?2,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamta in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamta?72.5% (Census 2011)