# Chimta Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chimta

Chimta is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,332 people in 1,466 households**, the 11th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 6,332people (2011)
- 1,466households
- 73.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chimta

Of every 100 households in Chimta in 2011, 1 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chimta · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**35%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****66%**

**51%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chimta?

■ Chimta · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**981

Working population ****40.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 63.9% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 626 (24%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 178 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,580 (61%)

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 Gosaba

- Lahiripur6,851 people
- Arampur6,618 people
- Taranagar6,572 people
- Bijoynagar6,507 people
- Bally6,234 people
- Kalidaspur5,724 people
- Amtali5,660 people
- Chandipur5,456 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chimta?6,332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chimta in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chimta?73.5% (Census 2011)