# Chitrapur Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chitrapur

Chitrapur is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **222 people in 54 households**, the 177th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 222people (2011)
- 54households
- 74.1%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitrapur

Of every 100 households in Chitrapur in 2011, 68 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chitrapur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**41%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**83%

Use banking services ****18%**

**46%

Television ****24%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chitrapur?

■ Chitrapur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****471**

**971

Working population ****35.6%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 67.7% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (19%) · **■** Other work 47 (59%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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

- Gangadhar Pur237 people
- Dewanmarabentchati234 people
- Salbani233 people
- Purbapratappur224 people
- Uttarbali220 people
- Alichak219 people
- Kholapatna215 people
- Purbagaighata205 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 Chitrapur?222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitrapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitrapur?74.1% (Census 2011)