Chaulia is a

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in the Dantan I

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in the Kharagpur subdivision of the

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

Chaulia is located at .

Area overview

Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has

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soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have

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soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. With a density of population of 787 per km²nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Chaulia had a total population of 6,186, of which 3,135 (51%) were males and 3,051 (49%) were females. There were 718 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chaulia was 4,017 (73.46% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Paschim Medinipur'', Chaulia covered an area of 5.2791 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 24 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from untreated sources, borewell, tubewell. It had 892 domestic electric connections, 10 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 5 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes and 53 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school. It had 1 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institute. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 auditorium/community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. An important commodity it produced was paddy. It had branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.

References

{{Paschim Medinipur District Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district