Chhatka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chhatka is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 185 families residing. The Chhatka village has population of 989 of which 548 are males while 441 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhatka village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhatka village is 805 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhatka as per census is 735, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chhatka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhatka village was 63.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chhatka Male literacy stands at 78.71 % while female literacy rate was 44.21 %.

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

Chhatka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	185	-	-
Population	989	548	441
Child (0-6)	144	83	61
Schedule Caste	513	288	225
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.20 %	78.71 %	44.21 %
Total Workers	242	239	3
Main Worker	174	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	67	1

Caste Factor

In Chhatka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.87 % of total population in Chhatka village. The village Chhatka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhatka village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 71.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.