# Chilla Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Chilla

Chilla is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,217 people in 450 households**, the 5th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 2,217people (2011)
- 450households
- 69.0%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chilla

Of every 100 households in Chilla in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chilla · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**34%

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

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**95%

Tap water ****32%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chilla?

■ Chilla · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**957

Working population ****34.1%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 55.4% for women. 49% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 183 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 183 (24%) · **■** Marginal 344 (45%)

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 Bundwan

- Supudi2,567 people
- Gangamanna2,331 people
- Kunchia2,279 people
- Sirisgora2,261 people
- Dhadka1,896 people
- Pargela1,861 people
- Saga1,782 people
- Rajgram1,610 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chilla?2,217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilla in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chilla?69.0% (Census 2011)