# Chitranga Village, Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chitranga

Chitranga is a village in Binpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,524 people in 331 households**, the 13th largest of 427 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 1,524people (2011)
- 331households
- 74.5%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitranga

Of every 100 households in Chitranga in 2011, 50 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chitranga · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****30%**

**25%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chitranga?

■ Chitranga · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**954

Working population ****35.8%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 64.2% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (23%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (12%) · **■** Marginal 146 (27%)

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 Binpur - I

- Netai1,946 people
- Binpur1,842 people
- Lachhipur1,797 people
- Sinhapur1,594 people
- Nera1,491 people
- Daintikri1,420 people
- Papatpur1,403 people
- Khosha1,308 people

[All 553 villages in Binpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/binpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitranga?1,524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitranga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Binpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitranga?74.5% (Census 2011)