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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Tanuja Khatun Molla
Contact: 97****8068
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- LGD code
- 322635
- Pincode
- 743701
- Post office
- Palla
- Population
- 1,198
- Households
- 276
- Literacy rate
- 71.3%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 426
Census 2011 · in context
How Chithalia compares
By population, Chithalia ranks #115 of 150 villages in Bongaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.3%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Chithalia
- 71.3%
- Bongaon mandal
- 71.9%
- North 24 Parganas district
- 76.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−34 vs mandal average
- Chithalia
- 905
- Bongaon mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chithalia
- 4.3
- Bongaon mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chithalia at a glance
Chithalia is a village of 1,198 people in 276 households (Census 2011) in Bongaon block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 115th-largest of 150 villages in Bongaon block. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 743701, served by Palla post office; the LGD village code is 322635. The sarpanch is Tanuja Khatun Molla, and the village votes in Bangaon Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swapan Majumder. The population is estimated at 1,412 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bairampur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chithalia · this village | 1,198 | 71% | — |
| Kansona · Bongaon | 7,334 | 60% | — |
| Sanakpur · Bongaon | 4,057 | 70% | — |
| Manikpol · Bongaon | 2,948 | 71% | — |
| Dakshin Bhabanipur · Bongaon | 2,485 | 70% | — |
| Barddhan Beria · Bongaon | 2,311 | 72% | — |
| Bairampur · Bongaon | 1,684 | 77% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chithalia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 103.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chithalia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chithalia
- LGD code
- 322635
- Pincode
- 743701
- Post office
- Palla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,198
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,412
- Households
- 276
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 71.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bangaon
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bangaon Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shantanu Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swapan Majumder
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Tanuja Khatun Molla
- Block / Mandal
- Bongaon
Same pincode
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chithalia
Other villages in Bongaon mandal
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- Barakpur
- Ichhlampur
- Paikpara
- Bangangram
- Manigram
- Panchita
- Palla
- Krishnachandrapur
- Kundipur
- Boaldaha
- Arsingri
- Nakful
- Bharatpur
- Bhashanpota
- Dighari
- Tengra
- Santoshpur
- Sanakpur
- Sabhaipur
- Kamdebpur
- Gobrapur
- Bhandarkola
- Sehalapara
- Polta
- Serpur
- Chalki
- Belta
- Ganrapota
- Mollahati
- Paschim Ramchandrapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)