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Chitrapur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Chitrapur is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 54 families residing. The Chitrapur village has population of 222 of which 118 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitrapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 11.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitrapur village is 881 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitrapur as per census is 471, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitrapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitrapur village was 74.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitrapur Male literacy stands at 80.20 % while female literacy rate was 67.71 %.

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

Chitrapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 222 118 104
Child (0-6) 25 17 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 88 45 43
Literacy 74.11 % 80.20 % 67.71 %
Total Workers 79 61 18
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

In Chitrapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.64 % of total population in Chitrapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chitrapur village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Chitrapur village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 97.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.