# Chhota Nalgerya Village, Egra - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chhota Nalgerya

Chhota Nalgerya is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,719 people in 401 households**, the 33rd largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,719people (2011)
- 401households
- 87.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Nalgerya

Of every 100 households in Chhota Nalgerya in 2011, 54 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Nalgerya · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**96%

Use banking services ****28%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

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 Nalgerya?

■ Chhota Nalgerya · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**953

Working population ****33.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 80.3% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 42 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 168 (29%) · **■** Marginal 320 (56%)

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 - II

- Dhalgoda1,875 people
- Mahanagar1,875 people
- Khurutia1,834 people
- Mallikpur1,774 people
- Rasulpur Dakshinbar1,688 people
- Dakshin Bar1,572 people
- Chhota Rasulpur1,524 people
- Urijalkar Urf Taramridha1,453 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Nalgerya?1,719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Nalgerya in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Nalgerya?87.2% (Census 2011)