# Chargali Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Chargali

Chargali is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,259 people in 385 households**, the 25th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,259people (2011)
- 385households
- 61.5%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chargali

Of every 100 households in Chargali in 2011, 17 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chargali · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**84%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

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 Chargali?

■ Chargali · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**966

Working population ****45.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 44.3% for women. 53% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (3%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 179 (18%) · **■** Marginal 730 (72%)

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 - II

- Surulia2,451 people
- Sindurpur2,382 people
- Hatuara2,353 people
- Kotra2,316 people
- Arita2,216 people
- Gengra2,181 people
- Baikata2,124 people
- Jambad2,115 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chargali?2,259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chargali in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chargali?61.5% (Census 2011)