# Chorpahari Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Chorpahari

Chorpahari is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,103 people in 200 households**, the 36th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,103people (2011)
- 200households
- 74.9%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chorpahari

Of every 100 households in Chorpahari in 2011, 48 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chorpahari · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**71%

Use banking services ****45%**

**46%

Television ****38%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**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 Chorpahari?

■ Chorpahari · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**964

Working population ****38.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 59.4% for women. 54% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 189 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (17%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 136 (32%) · **■** Marginal 24 (6%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Banbahira1,258 people
- Sarberia1,177 people
- Unanshila1,155 people
- Digtila1,115 people
- Bundla1,057 people
- Lachhmanpur1,011 people
- Napara980 people
- Upar Sankra948 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chorpahari?1,103 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chorpahari in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chorpahari?74.9% (Census 2011)