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Chitla Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Chitla is a medium size village located in Dhaniakhali Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 346 families residing. The Chitla village has population of 1249 of which 626 are males while 623 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitla village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 9.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitla village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitla as per census is 1050, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitla village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitla village was 74.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitla Male literacy stands at 81.63 % while female literacy rate was 66.96 %.

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

Chitla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,249 626 623
Child (0-6) 123 60 63
Schedule Caste 707 352 355
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.33 % 81.63 % 66.96 %
Total Workers 560 405 155
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 351 214 137

Caste Factor

In Chitla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.61 % of total population in Chitla village. The village Chitla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chitla village out of total population, 560 were engaged in work activities. 37.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 560 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.