# Chhota Sehana Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chhota Sehana

Chhota Sehana is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,275 people in 309 households**, the 79th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,275people (2011)
- 309households
- 87.9%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Sehana

Of every 100 households in Chhota Sehana in 2011, 51 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Sehana · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****7%**

**47%

Television ****14%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**17%

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 Chhota Sehana?

■ Chhota Sehana · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**965

Working population ****41.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 80.1% for women. 66% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 267 (51%) · **■** Household industry 48 (9%) · **■** Other work 87 (17%) · **■** Marginal 33 (6%)

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 Gaighata

- Purandarpur1,417 people
- Kaya1,379 people
- Gopalpur1,376 people
- Kulghuti1,302 people
- Banglani1,253 people
- Katakhali1,235 people
- Panshila1,170 people
- Kalanchi1,153 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Sehana?1,275 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Sehana in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Sehana?87.9% (Census 2011)