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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chitor

Chitor is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,027 people in 244 households**, the 106th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,027people (2011)
- 244households
- 58.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitor

Of every 100 households in Chitor in 2011, 19 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chitor · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**82%

Tap water ****60%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**16%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Chitor?

■ Chitor · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1161**

**955

Working population ****38.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 51.3% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (41%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 92 (23%) · **■** Marginal 11 (3%)

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

- Mirzatpur1,082 people
- Kumedpur1,076 people
- Belul1,075 people
- Aldhanda1,044 people
- Bara Kundana1,026 people
- Ramdanga1,014 people
- Purba Nagua1,009 people
- Mahanandapara997 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitor?1,027 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitor in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chitor?58.3% (Census 2011)