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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chorgali

Chorgali is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **680 people in 115 households**, the 73rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 680people (2011)
- 115households
- 58.5%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chorgali

Of every 100 households in Chorgali in 2011, 48 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chorgali · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**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 ****74%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****50%**

**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 Chorgali?

■ Chorgali · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**973

Working population ****40.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 45.6% for women. 50% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (7%) · **■** Marginal 225 (82%)

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

- Jajlang729 people
- Taherbera729 people
- Mamudi714 people
- Hesalber702 people
- Maramu661 people
- Shalgram653 people
- Tahaddiri638 people
- Rahan626 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chorgali?680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chorgali in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chorgali?58.5% (Census 2011)