# Chhelia Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Chhelia

Chhelia is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **640 people in 108 households**, the 105th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 640people (2011)
- 108households
- 65.6%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhelia

Of every 100 households in Chhelia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhelia · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****33%**

**50%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chhelia?

■ Chhelia · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**937

Working population ****58.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 51.3% for women. 56% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 316 (85%)

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 Kashipur

- Duarimahul657 people
- Siada656 people
- Barmagura Alias Sialdanga651 people
- Lari642 people
- Belyadanga638 people
- Gopal Chak637 people
- Namo Panchmahuli636 people
- Malancha634 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhelia?640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhelia in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhelia?65.6% (Census 2011)