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Chilinga Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Chilinga is a large village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 551 families residing. The Chilinga village has population of 2505 of which 1318 are males while 1187 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chilinga village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 12.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chilinga village is 901 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chilinga as per census is 798, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chilinga village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chilinga village was 89.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chilinga Male literacy stands at 92.26 % while female literacy rate was 85.66 %.

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

Chilinga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 551 - -
Population 2,505 1,318 1,187
Child (0-6) 302 168 134
Schedule Caste 159 84 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.11 % 92.26 % 85.66 %
Total Workers 740 686 54
Main Worker 372 - -
Marginal Worker 368 331 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.35 % of total population in Chilinga village. The village Chilinga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chilinga village out of total population, 740 were engaged in work activities. 50.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 740 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.