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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chitahi

Chitahi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **113 people in 26 households**, the 115th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 30.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 113people (2011)
- 26households
- 30.7%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitahi

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

■ Chitahi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****69%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chitahi?

■ Chitahi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****30.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**973

Working population ****33.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.7% for men and 14.6% for women. 45% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (50%) · **■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 12 (32%)

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

- Supurdi173 people
- Baruadi163 people
- Gutniya157 people
- Gosaindi130 people
- Beko84 people
- Lakshmipur75 people
- Lalpur73 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitahi?113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitahi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitahi?30.7% (Census 2011)