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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Chirka

Chirka is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,398 people in 456 households**, the 21st largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,398people (2011)
- 456households
- 65.7%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chirka

Of every 100 households in Chirka in 2011, 29 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chirka · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**84%

Use banking services ****72%**

**44%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chirka?

■ Chirka · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**934

Working population ****46.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 48.4% for women. 55% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (0%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 120 (11%) · **■** Marginal 920 (83%)

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

- Simulia2,659 people
- Ramnagar2,589 people
- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Baligara2,458 people
- Balguma2,353 people
- Durku2,315 people
- Tentlo2,082 people
- Pandrama1,838 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chirka?2,398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirka in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chirka?65.7% (Census 2011)