Chaita is a village and a
gram panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...
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Basirhat II
Basirhat II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Mathurapur, a census town in Basirhat II block, is located at ...
CD Block
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Basirhat subdivision
Basirhat subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
In 1757, the East India Company obtained the ''zamindari'' or land-holders rights of the 24 Parganas Zamindari ...
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North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and ...
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West Bengal
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India
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with total 528 families residing. The Chaita village has population of 2390 of which 1215 are males while 1175 are females as per population census 2011.
The Chaita gram panchayat has six villages, named Ghona, Jagatpur, Kendua, Chaita, Malatipur and Kripalpur.
In Chaita village population of children with age 0-6 is 331 which makes up 13.85% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaita village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaita as per census is 1006, higher than West Bengal average of 956.
Chaita village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaita village was 57.94% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Chaita Male literacy stands at 59.14% while female literacy rate was 56.69%.
As per constitution of India and
Panchyati Raaj Act
Panchayati Raj (Council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities.
It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-go ...
, Chaita village is administrated by
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
(Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
Sarpanch of Chaita Gram Panchayat
Electoral divisions
Gram Panchayat seats at Chaita Gram Panchayat
Panchayat Samiti seats at Chaita Gram Panchayat
Zilla Parishad seats at Chaita Gram Panchayat
Education
Colleges nearest to Chaita
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Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya
Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya, established in 1997, is a general degree college in Berachampa. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. ...
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Taki Government College
Taki Government College is a public undergraduate college with about 6,000(Regular) & 3000 (Casual) students located in Taki, West Bengal, India. The full-time professors of the college are appointed by the Government of West Bengal according ...
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Basirhat College
Basirhat College, established in 1947, is a general degree college in Basirhat. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University.
History
Basirhat College was founded in mid-No ...
High schools nearest to Chaita
* Kaderia High Madrasa
* Malatipur High School
* Gopalpur Popular Academy
* Gopalpur Girl's High School
Transport
Malatipur is the nearest railway station of Chaita. Haroa - Gopalpur More road (STATE HIGHWAY NO 03) passed through edge of this village.
{{North 24 Parganas District
Villages in North 24 Parganas district