Chhautara is a village in Sainthia mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 663 residing in 159 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.7% and is located at coordinates 23.931°N, 87.667°E with PIN code 731234.
By population, Chhautara ranks #108 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhautara is a village of 663 people in 159 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 108th-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 51%, 13 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Birbhum district centre, 11 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 3 km from Sainthia Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731234, served by Sainthia post office; the LGD village code is 317251. The nearest hospital or health centre is South View Nursing Home, 2 km away. The sarpanch is SANTONA KHATUN, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 742 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mathpalsa →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chhautara · this village | 663 | 51% | — |
| Kherua · Baharagora | 889 | 72% | 1.7 km S |
| Kherua · Patamda | 2,163 | 50% | 1.7 km S |
| Bengra · Sainthia | 1,158 | 53% | 1.9 km NW |
| Senbangram · Sainthia | 0 | — | 2.1 km S |
| Kumratari · Sainthia | 259 | 63% | 2.3 km SW |
| Harishkopa · Sainthia | 1,099 | 67% | 2.2 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
1 Temple, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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