# Chirulia Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chirulia

Chirulia is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,437 people in 343 households**, the 38th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,437people (2011)
- 343households
- 94.3%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chirulia

Of every 100 households in Chirulia in 2011, 55 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chirulia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**33%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chirulia?

■ Chirulia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**953

Working population ****36.6%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 91.5% for women. 62% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (24%) · **■** Other work 159 (30%) · **■** Marginal 207 (39%)

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

- Rasulpur Dakshinbar1,688 people
- Dakshin Bar1,572 people
- Chhota Rasulpur1,524 people
- Urijalkar Urf Taramridha1,453 people
- Shyampur1,422 people
- Harkuchia1,416 people
- Sahapur1,409 people
- Gangadhar Bar1,392 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 Chirulia?1,437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirulia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chirulia?94.3% (Census 2011)