# Chhota Gahira Village, Jhargram – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chhota Gahira

Chhota Gahira is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **493 people in 112 households**, the 111th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 493people (2011)
- 112households
- 75.4%literacy
- 1,143females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Gahira

Of every 100 households in Chhota Gahira in 2011, 75 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Gahira · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chhota Gahira?

■ Chhota Gahira · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1143**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**979

Working population ****45.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 68.0% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 191 (85%)

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 Jhargram

- Metial504 people
- Dakshin Sole503 people
- Narayanpur502 people
- Giria499 people
- Nuagarh493 people
- Sapdhara493 people
- Jaypur489 people
- Khanakul489 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Gahira?493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Gahira in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Gahira?75.4% (Census 2011)