# Chithalia Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chithalia

Chithalia is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,198 people in 276 households**, the 115th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,198people (2011)
- 276households
- 78.6%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chithalia

Of every 100 households in Chithalia in 2011, 13 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chithalia · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****9%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**38%

Television ****9%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Chithalia?

■ Chithalia · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**962

Working population ****35.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 73.5% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (13%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 108 (25%) · **■** Marginal 208 (49%)

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

- Ballabhpur1,268 people
- Ganeshpur1,256 people
- Briddhapalla1,255 people
- Monaharpur1,222 people
- Taranipur1,177 people
- Purbba Ramchandrapur1,149 people
- Ramshankarpur1,136 people
- Shialdanga1,130 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 Chithalia?1,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chithalia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chithalia?78.6% (Census 2011)