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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Chituara

Chituara is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **408 people in 74 households**, the 93rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 408people (2011)
- 74households
- 54.7%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chituara

Of every 100 households in Chituara in 2011, 23 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chituara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**84%

Use banking services ****29%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Chituara?

■ Chituara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****707**

**934

Working population ****45.1%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 37.3% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 55 (30%) · **■** Marginal 105 (57%)

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

- Ulidi427 people
- Satsimuliya423 people
- Petadi419 people
- Lusabera416 people
- Ranipur396 people
- Tilagara362 people
- Kalidasdi352 people
- Koldi346 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chituara?408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chituara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chituara?54.7% (Census 2011)