Chhitka Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Chhitka is a small village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 33 families residing. The Chhitka village has population of 141 of which 69 are males while 72 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhitka village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 16.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhitka village is 1043 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhitka as per census is 917, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chhitka village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhitka village was 82.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chhitka Male literacy stands at 89.47 % while female literacy rate was 75.41 %.

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

Chhitka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	33	-	-
Population	141	69	72
Child (0-6)	23	12	11
Schedule Caste	85	42	43
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.20 %	89.47 %	75.41 %
Total Workers	38	33	5
Main Worker	34	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

In Chhitka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.28 % of total population in Chhitka village. The village Chhitka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhitka village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 89.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.