Chousa Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Chousa is a medium size village located in Diamond Harbour - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 361 families residing. The Chousa village has population of 1692 of which 854 are males while 838 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chousa village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chousa village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chousa as per census is 1380, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chousa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chousa village was 74.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chousa Male literacy stands at 83.23 % while female literacy rate was 64.88 %.

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

Chousa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	361	-	-
Population	1,692	854	838
Child (0-6)	188	79	109
Schedule Caste	1,634	823	811
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.34 %	83.23 %	64.88 %
Total Workers	575	505	70
Main Worker	387	-	-
Marginal Worker	188	165	23

Caste Factor

In Chousa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 96.57 % of total population in Chousa village. The village Chousa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chousa village out of total population, 575 were engaged in work activities. 67.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 575 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.