# Chitidih Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Chitidih

Chitidih is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,408 people in 253 households**, the 46th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,408people (2011)
- 253households
- 58.8%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitidih

Of every 100 households in Chitidih in 2011, 7 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chitidih · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**94%

Use banking services ****71%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chitidih?

■ Chitidih · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1221**

**987

Working population ****56.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 42.0% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (12%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (6%) · **■** Marginal 557 (71%)

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 Arsha

- Khukhramura1,529 people
- Nagra1,491 people
- Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj1,444 people
- Juri1,410 people
- Haranama1,403 people
- Kadampur1,316 people
- Kultanr Alias Paharpur1,281 people
- Dhanara1,280 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitidih?1,408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitidih in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitidih?58.8% (Census 2011)