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Chatra Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Chatra is a large village located in Raninagar - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 584 families residing. The Chatra village has population of 2443 of which 1245 are males while 1198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chatra village population of children with age 0-6 is 354 which makes up 14.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chatra village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chatra as per census is 914, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chatra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chatra village was 72.04 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chatra Male literacy stands at 76.13 % while female literacy rate was 67.83 %.

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

Chatra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 584 - -
Population 2,443 1,245 1,198
Child (0-6) 354 185 169
Schedule Caste 1,150 589 561
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.04 % 76.13 % 67.83 %
Total Workers 799 738 61
Main Worker 533 - -
Marginal Worker 266 226 40

Caste Factor

In Chatra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.07 % of total population in Chatra village. The village Chatra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chatra village out of total population, 799 were engaged in work activities. 66.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 799 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 370 were Agricultural labourer.