# Chipida Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Chipida

Chipida is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,716 people in 351 households**, the 28th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,716people (2011)
- 351households
- 63.0%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chipida

Of every 100 households in Chipida in 2011, 21 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chipida · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**84%

Use banking services ****33%**

**44%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

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 Chipida?

■ Chipida · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**934

Working population ****48.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 47.3% for women. 53% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (8%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 227 (27%) · **■** Marginal 328 (39%)

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 Purulia - I

- Tentlo2,082 people
- Pandrama1,838 people
- Jeledi1,784 people
- Salikakumarda1,784 people
- Golbera1,634 people
- Pichasi1,614 people
- Kukurgarya1,533 people
- Banshra1,457 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chipida?1,716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chipida in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chipida?63.0% (Census 2011)