# Cheyama Village, Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya 

# Cheyama

Cheyama is a village in Raghunathpur - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,413 people in 1,453 households**, the 1st largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 7,413people (2011)
- 1,453households
- 72.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Cheyama

Of every 100 households in Cheyama in 2011, 58 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Cheyama · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**91%

Tap water ****70%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**71%

Use banking services ****71%**

**55%

Television ****40%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Cheyama?

■ Cheyama · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**953

Working population ****35.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 60.7% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (0%) · **■** Household industry 31 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,422 (54%) · **■** Marginal 1,070 (41%)

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 - II

- Ichhar6,496 people
- Madhutati Alias Mautor3,931 people
- Gobindanagar alias Kashiberia3,650 people
- Barra3,302 people

[All 106 villages in Raghunathpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Cheyama?7,413 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Cheyama in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Cheyama?72.5% (Census 2011)