# Purbba Chilka Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbba Chilka

Purbba Chilka is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,713 people in 561 households**, the 17th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,713people (2011)
- 561households
- 86.3%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Chilka

Of every 100 households in Purbba Chilka in 2011, 55 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Chilka · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****38%**

**36%

Television ****21%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purbba Chilka?

■ Purbba Chilka · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**949

Working population ****45.2%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 80.0% for women. 60% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 158 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (22%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 401 (33%) · **■** Marginal 384 (31%)

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

- Dakshin Mechgram2,832 people
- Joykrishnapur2,765 people
- Paschim Chilka2,745 people
- Khandakhola2,720 people
- Haur2,701 people
- Radha Krishnapur2,684 people
- Bijayram Chak2,625 people
- Mahatpur2,491 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Chilka?2,713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Chilka in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Chilka?86.3% (Census 2011)