# Chhotagado Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Chhotagado

Chhotagado is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,066 people in 352 households**, the 17th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,066people (2011)
- 352households
- 61.2%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhotagado

Of every 100 households in Chhotagado in 2011, 61 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhotagado · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**39%

Television ****20%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Chhotagado?

■ Chhotagado · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**939

Working population ****33.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 45.3% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (7%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 333 (48%) · **■** Marginal 192 (28%)

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 Balarampur

- Panradda2,240 people
- Kana2,221 people
- Latadah2,178 people
- Keraya2,140 people
- Baragado Alias Hetyadih2,009 people
- Supurdi1,961 people
- Garga1,958 people
- Ghatbera1,858 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhotagado?2,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhotagado in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhotagado?61.2% (Census 2011)