# Chhilampur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chhilampur

Chhilampur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **572 people in 128 households**, the 162nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 572people (2011)
- 128households
- 55.4%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhilampur

Of every 100 households in Chhilampur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhilampur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**82%

Tap water ****27%**

**6%

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

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chhilampur?

■ Chhilampur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**955

Working population ****39.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.6% for men and 48.1% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 68 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (51%) · **■** Other work 40 (18%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Itahar

- Banshthupi599 people
- Sujal587 people
- Pashim Durlabhpur584 people
- Gunarajpur579 people
- Taltungi570 people
- Ujantor568 people
- Kaliganj564 people
- Jagadal560 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhilampur?572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhilampur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhilampur?55.4% (Census 2011)