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Chalnia Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chalnia is a medium size village located in Itahar Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 365 families residing. The Chalnia village has population of 1822 of which 929 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalnia village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalnia village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalnia as per census is 836, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chalnia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalnia village was 56.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chalnia Male literacy stands at 64.29 % while female literacy rate was 47.71 %.

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

Chalnia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 365 - -
Population 1,822 929 893
Child (0-6) 235 128 107
Schedule Caste 1,669 853 816
Schedule Tribe 112 56 56
Literacy 56.08 % 64.29 % 47.71 %
Total Workers 671 538 133
Main Worker 538 - -
Marginal Worker 133 47 86

Caste Factor

In Chalnia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.15 % of total population in Chalnia village.

Work Profile

In Chalnia village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 80.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 275 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 207 were Agricultural labourer.