# Chitalghata Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chitalghata

Chitalghata is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,988 people in 2,411 households**, the 1st largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 12,988people (2011)
- 2,411households
- 59.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitalghata

Of every 100 households in Chitalghata in 2011, 23 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chitalghata · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**76%

Tap water ****4%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**37%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Chitalghata?

■ Chitalghata · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**953

Working population ****28.9%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 50.6% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 771 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 670 (18%) · **■** Household industry 73 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,798 (48%) · **■** Marginal 441 (12%)

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 Chopra

- Bhotamari12,375 people
- Ghirnigaon Khas12,300 people
- Purbba Chutiakhor12,220 people
- Lakhipur11,383 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitalghata?12,988 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitalghata in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitalghata?59.0% (Census 2011)