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Chatara Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Chatara is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1080 families residing. The Chatara village has population of 4868 of which 2498 are males while 2370 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chatara village population of children with age 0-6 is 551 which makes up 11.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chatara village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chatara as per census is 975, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chatara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chatara village was 89.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chatara Male literacy stands at 95.04 % while female literacy rate was 83.89 %.

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

Chatara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,080 - -
Population 4,868 2,498 2,370
Child (0-6) 551 279 272
Schedule Caste 88 43 45
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.62 % 95.04 % 83.89 %
Total Workers 1,599 1,514 85
Main Worker 675 - -
Marginal Worker 924 874 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.81 % of total population in Chatara village. The village Chatara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chatara village out of total population, 1599 were engaged in work activities. 42.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1599 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.