Chitahi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chitahi is a small village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 26 families residing. The Chitahi village has population of 113 of which 60 are males while 53 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 22.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitahi village is 883 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitahi as per census is 923, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chitahi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitahi village was 30.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chitahi Male literacy stands at 44.68 % while female literacy rate was 14.63 %.

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

Chitahi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	26	-	-
Population	113	60	53
Child (0-6)	25	13	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	107	56	51
Literacy	30.68 %	44.68 %	14.63 %
Total Workers	38	27	11
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	12	1	11

Caste Factor

In Chitahi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.69 % of total population in Chitahi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chitahi village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chitahi village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 68.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.