# Chiara Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Chiara

Chiara is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **631 people in 138 households**, the 158th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 631people (2011)
- 138households
- 81.3%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chiara

Of every 100 households in Chiara in 2011, 65 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chiara · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**93%

Use banking services ****32%**

**36%

Television ****24%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chiara?

■ Chiara · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****537**

**949

Working population ****30.1%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 75.4% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 116 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (15%) · **■** Other work 33 (17%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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 Panskura

- Ghoshpur669 people
- Chhyarasia664 people
- Narui Ramchandrapur655 people
- Benagalisa632 people
- Indulia626 people
- Mahapur623 people
- Nayabasan623 people
- Ukharapara621 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chiara?631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiara in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chiara?81.3% (Census 2011)