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Chhatni Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chhatni is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 165 families residing. The Chhatni village has population of 823 of which 411 are males while 412 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhatni village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 17.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhatni village is 1002 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhatni as per census is 872, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chhatni village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhatni village was 27.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chhatni Male literacy stands at 40.24 % while female literacy rate was 15.99 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chhatni 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 Chhatni village.

Chhatni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 165 - -
Population 823 411 412
Child (0-6) 146 78 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 820 408 412
Literacy 27.92 % 40.24 % 15.99 %
Total Workers 454 223 231
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 449 218 231

Caste Factor

In Chhatni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.64 % of total population in Chhatni village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chhatni village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chhatni village out of total population, 454 were engaged in work activities. 1.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 454 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.