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Chitarma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chitarma is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 196 families residing. The Chitarma village has population of 939 of which 481 are males while 458 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitarma village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitarma village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitarma as per census is 960, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitarma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitarma village was 73.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitarma Male literacy stands at 81.44 % while female literacy rate was 64.39 %.

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

Chitarma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 939 481 458
Child (0-6) 98 50 48
Schedule Caste 309 152 157
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.13 % 81.44 % 64.39 %
Total Workers 374 274 100
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 260 176 84

Caste Factor

Chitarma village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.91 % of total population in Chitarma village. The village Chitarma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chitarma village out of total population, 374 were engaged in work activities. 30.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 374 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.