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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chitmu

Chitmu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,893 people in 750 households**, the 4th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 3,893people (2011)
- 750households
- 58.0%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitmu

Of every 100 households in Chitmu in 2011, 29 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chitmu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****21%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****29%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Chitmu?

■ Chitmu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1172**

**973

Working population ****31.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 39.6% for women. 46% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 169 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (15%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 431 (36%) · **■** Marginal 397 (33%)

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

- Bararola5,913 people
- Tatayara5,863 people
- Belyadi4,217 people
- Bartalia3,586 people
- Uparbatari3,418 people
- Kachahatu3,057 people
- Bamania2,785 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitmu?3,893 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitmu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitmu?58.0% (Census 2011)