# Chitra Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Chitra

Chitra is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **949 people in 173 households**, the 54th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 949people (2011)
- 173households
- 67.2%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitra

Of every 100 households in Chitra in 2011, 21 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chitra · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**25%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****78%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chitra?

■ Chitra · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**954

Working population ****26.1%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 51.2% for women. 46% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 80 (32%) · **■** Marginal 118 (48%)

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 Hura

- Dumdumi1,030 people
- Shyamaluta1,012 people
- Bara Panjania960 people
- Ledadi958 people
- Palgan925 people
- Kurruduba915 people
- Saharjuri911 people
- Tilabani899 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitra?949 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitra in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitra?67.2% (Census 2011)