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Chitra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Chitra is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 484 families residing. The Chitra village has population of 2209 of which 1134 are males while 1075 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitra village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 11.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitra village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitra as per census is 1024, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitra village was 90.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitra Male literacy stands at 96.13 % while female literacy rate was 85.32 %.

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

Chitra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 484 - -
Population 2,209 1,134 1,075
Child (0-6) 253 125 128
Schedule Caste 116 53 63
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.90 % 96.13 % 85.32 %
Total Workers 799 658 141
Main Worker 686 - -
Marginal Worker 113 75 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.25 % of total population in Chitra village. The village Chitra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chitra village out of total population, 799 were engaged in work activities. 85.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 799 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.