# Chhitka Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chhitka

Chhitka is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **141 people in 33 households**, the 466th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 141people (2011)
- 33households
- 82.2%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhitka

Of every 100 households in Chhitka in 2011, 82 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhitka · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**58%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Chhitka?

■ Chhitka · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**960

Working population ****27.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 75.4% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (29%) · **■** Other work 3 (8%) · **■** Marginal 4 (11%)

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 Keshpur

- Uttar Gerya149 people
- Benua148 people
- Hurunuru145 people
- Beucha141 people
- Emua137 people
- Abhi Arjjuni136 people
- Gurur Gohal135 people
- Haratala135 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhitka?141 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhitka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhitka?82.2% (Census 2011)