# Chilkigar Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chilkigar

Chilkigar is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,553 people in 348 households**, the 11th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,553people (2011)
- 348households
- 71.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chilkigar

Of every 100 households in Chilkigar in 2011, 29 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chilkigar · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**89%

Tap water ****7%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****9%**

**25%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**23%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Chilkigar?

■ Chilkigar · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**72.6%

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

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1119**

**960

Working population ****51.1%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 61.5% for women. 57% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 234 (29%) · **■** Marginal 528 (66%)

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 Jamboni

- Nunia1,694 people
- Beragari1,691 people
- Ghutia1,588 people
- Kherya Juri1,573 people
- Dumria1,541 people
- Alampur1,481 people
- Bahirgram1,300 people
- Khamar Para1,253 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chilkigar?1,553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilkigar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chilkigar?71.3% (Census 2011)