# Charipal Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Charipal

Charipal is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **200 people in 46 households**, the 182nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 200people (2011)
- 46households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charipal

Of every 100 households in Charipal in 2011, 24 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charipal · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**66%

Tap water ****50%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****13%**

**46%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Charipal?

■ Charipal · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**971

Working population ****54.0%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 62.5% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (57%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 37 (34%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Uttarbali220 people
- Alichak219 people
- Kholapatna215 people
- Purbagaighata205 people
- Dewanmara No II195 people
- Bhalukkhulia190 people
- Benasol185 people
- Kusumabag184 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charipal?200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charipal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charipal?74.7% (Census 2011)