# Chelema Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Chelema

Chelema is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **181 people in 37 households**, the 173rd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 181people (2011)
- 37households
- 71.6%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chelema

Of every 100 households in Chelema in 2011, 78 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chelema · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**89%

Use banking services ****43%**

**31%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

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 Chelema?

■ Chelema · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**939

Working population ****63.5%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 57.9% for women. 66% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 108 (94%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Banshketia188 people
- Bandar Beriya185 people
- Ganeshgara184 people
- Bhelagora183 people
- Dheka181 people
- Gonsaidi176 people
- Gobindapur175 people
- Bara Jagannathpur170 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chelema?181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chelema in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chelema?71.6% (Census 2011)