Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur
# Chhota Patharghata

Chhota Patharghata is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 42 people in 9 households, the 143rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.
- 42 people (2011)
- 9 households
- 55.9% literacy
- 826 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Patharghata

Of every 100 households in Chhota Patharghata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Patharghata · ■ Potashpur - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 34%
- Toilet within the home 100% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 5%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 100% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 0% 36%
- Television 0% 12%
- Mobile phone 0% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 33% 21%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chhota Patharghata?

■ Chhota Patharghata · ■ Potashpur - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.9% 86.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 826 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 600 943
- Working population 23.8% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 50.0% for women. 43% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (50%) · ■ Other work 1 (10%) · ■ Marginal 2 (20%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - II
- Ismailpur 131 people
- Tippanna Basan 130 people
- Chak Bishu 127 people
- Chak Mabarak 78 people
- Haji Chak 6 people

All 151 villages in Potashpur - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chhota Patharghata? 42 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Patharghata in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Patharghata? 55.9% (Census 2011)

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