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Chitra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chitra is a large village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 431 families residing. The Chitra village has population of 2449 of which 1233 are males while 1216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitra village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 13.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitra village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitra as per census is 1154, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitra village was 66.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitra Male literacy stands at 83.67 % while female literacy rate was 48.47 %.

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 431 - -
Population 2,449 1,233 1,216
Child (0-6) 321 149 172
Schedule Caste 491 228 263
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.40 % 83.67 % 48.47 %
Total Workers 906 665 241
Main Worker 504 - -
Marginal Worker 402 261 141

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.05 % 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, 906 were engaged in work activities. 55.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 906 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 247 were Agricultural labourer.