# Charpalia Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Charpalia

Charpalia is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,954 people in 444 households**, the 25th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,954people (2011)
- 444households
- 88.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charpalia

Of every 100 households in Charpalia in 2011, 48 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charpalia · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**10%

Tap water ****3%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****48%**

**37%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Charpalia?

■ Charpalia · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**926

Working population ****34.7%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 82.9% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 174 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (21%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (26%) · **■** Marginal 176 (26%)

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 Egra - I

- Sahara2,378 people
- Baranehari2,302 people
- Shwnia2,221 people
- Jamki2,175 people
- Khal Shutia1,914 people
- Khalina1,887 people
- Bahalia1,760 people
- Benachakri1,665 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charpalia?1,954 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charpalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charpalia?88.0% (Census 2011)