# Chatra Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chatra

Chatra is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,743 people in 344 households**, the 40th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,743people (2011)
- 344households
- 80.9%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chatra

Of every 100 households in Chatra in 2011, 37 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chatra · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**29%

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

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

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

**42%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Chatra?

■ Chatra · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**949

Working population ****30.5%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 70.1% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (46%) · **■** Household industry 31 (6%) · **■** Other work 80 (15%) · **■** Marginal 155 (29%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Dhosa2,401 people
- Paschim Chakpanchghora2,228 people
- Lakshmi Narayanpur2,166 people
- Kismat Goalberia1,943 people
- Baneshwarpur1,638 people
- Paschim Shyamnagar1,637 people
- Abdul Karimpur1,467 people
- Ramrudrapur1,442 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chatra?1,743 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chatra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chatra?80.9% (Census 2011)