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Chitra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chitra is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 352 families residing. The Chitra village has population of 1771 of which 897 are males while 874 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitra village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 11.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitra village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitra as per census is 1051, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitra village was 73.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitra Male literacy stands at 87.36 % while female literacy rate was 59.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chitra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chitra village.

Chitra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,771 897 874
Child (0-6) 201 98 103
Schedule Caste 13 7 6
Schedule Tribe 781 390 391
Literacy 73.63 % 87.36 % 59.40 %
Total Workers 1,035 579 456
Main Worker 586 - -
Marginal Worker 449 123 326

Caste Factor

In Chitra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.10 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.73 % of total population in Chitra village.

Work Profile

In Chitra village out of total population, 1035 were engaged in work activities. 56.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1035 workers engaged in Main Work, 204 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 172 were Agricultural labourer.