# Chemia Village, Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chemia

Chemia is a village in Garbeta - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,168 people in 223 households**, the 34th largest of 264 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 1,168people (2011)
- 223households
- 90.4%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chemia

Of every 100 households in Chemia in 2011, 42 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chemia · ■ Garbeta - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****99%**

**70%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chemia?

■ Chemia · ■ Garbeta - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1161**

**954

Working population ****41.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 85.6% for women. 58% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 68 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 357 (74%) · **■** Other work 54 (11%) · **■** Marginal 6 (1%)

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 Garbeta - II

- Soniakon1,237 people
- Dhamchia1,230 people
- Ukhla1,230 people
- Makli1,224 people
- Umrapata1,168 people
- Barabolbandi1,164 people
- Khudra Kantapal1,144 people
- Hatia1,136 people

[All 334 villages in Garbeta - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chemia?1,168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chemia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chemia?90.4% (Census 2011)