# Chaitandi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chaitandi

Chaitandi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **833 people in 154 households**, the 56th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 833people (2011)
- 154households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaitandi

Of every 100 households in Chaitandi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaitandi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****22%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****38%**

**35%

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 Chaitandi?

■ Chaitandi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**973

Working population ****38.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 38.5% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 21 (7%) · **■** Marginal 250 (78%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Hankasara906 people
- Raghunathpur887 people
- Marlong875 people
- Kuriyam858 people
- Panrua826 people
- Jhilinglahar815 people
- Arkali812 people
- Chayadi811 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaitandi?833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaitandi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaitandi?60.8% (Census 2011)