# Chalania Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Chalania

Chalania is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **871 people in 152 households**, the 74th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 871people (2011)
- 152households
- 58.9%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalania

Of every 100 households in Chalania in 2011, 37 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chalania · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****9%**

**47%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chalania?

■ Chalania · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**968

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 38.5% for women. 49% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (14%) · **■** Other work 69 (24%) · **■** Marginal 156 (54%)

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 Para

- Malanchadi917 people
- Churmi899 people
- Layara891 people
- Palaskura877 people
- Chaukunya868 people
- Kashiberia861 people
- Dhadkidi854 people
- Gobindapur846 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalania?871 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalania in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalania?58.9% (Census 2011)