# Chilinga Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chilinga

Chilinga is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,505 people in 551 households**, the 25th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 2,505people (2011)
- 551households
- 89.1%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chilinga

Of every 100 households in Chilinga in 2011, 31 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chilinga · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**34%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**92%

Use banking services ****16%**

**31%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Chilinga?

■ Chilinga · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**922

Working population ****29.5%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 85.7% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (7%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 309 (42%) · **■** Marginal 368 (50%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Kandapa Shara2,971 people
- Usman Chak2,918 people
- Bartalya2,838 people
- Durgapur2,536 people
- Dhanya Khola2,441 people
- Samsabad Barsar Beria2,362 people
- Nilpur2,103 people
- Akanda Bari2,101 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chilinga?2,505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilinga in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chilinga?89.1% (Census 2011)