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Chitahi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chitahi is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 130 families residing. The Chitahi village has population of 659 of which 326 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 15.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitahi village is 1021 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitahi as per census is 1039, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitahi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitahi village was 45.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitahi Male literacy stands at 62.91 % while female literacy rate was 27.50 %.

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

Chitahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 130 - -
Population 659 326 333
Child (0-6) 104 51 53
Schedule Caste 3 1 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 45.05 % 62.91 % 27.50 %
Total Workers 318 172 146
Main Worker 166 - -
Marginal Worker 152 18 134

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.46 % of total population in Chitahi village. The village Chitahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chitahi village out of total population, 318 were engaged in work activities. 52.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 318 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.