# Chhotsagen, Manbazar - I, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Chhotsagen

Chhotsagen is a village in [Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 79 households**, the 123rd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 384people (2011)
- 79households
- 62.5%literacy
- 1,098females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhotsagen

Of every 100 households in Chhotsagen in 2011, 9 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhotsagen · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****51%**

**31%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Chhotsagen?

■ Chhotsagen · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1098**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1565**

**939

Working population ****54.9%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 46.7% for women. 58% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (25%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 139 (66%)

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

- Udaypur418 people
- Basudi411 people
- Bar Nuniyani410 people
- Gobindapur393 people
- Dhagara383 people
- Kurkuta374 people
- Charki371 people
- Maheshpur365 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhotsagen?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhotsagen in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhotsagen?62.5% (Census 2011)