# Chaulkara Village, Baska, Baksa (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Baska, Baksa 

# Chaulkara

Chaulkara is a village in Baska sub-district of Baksa district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **4,250 people in 790 households**, the 3rd largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 4,250people (2011)
- 790households
- 72.8%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Chaulkara PIN code and other codes

Chaulkara falls in Baska sub-district, Baksa district, Assam.

- Community development blockDhamdhama
- Census village code304546

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chaulkara from nearby towns?

- Mushalpur (district HQ)7 km by road
- Tihu (nearest town)50 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chaulkara?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Chaulkara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 7 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Musalpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tihu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chaulkara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 5% of the 260 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chaulkara

Of every 100 households in Chaulkara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chaulkara · ■ Baska rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**64%

Tap water ****10%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****41%**

**34%

Television ****36%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**12%

Own their home ****90%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chaulkara?

■ Chaulkara · ■ Baska rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**964

Working population ****36.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 64.2% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 656 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (11%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 180 (12%) · **■** Marginal 527 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Baska

- Dumunibagan6,855 people
- Block "B"5,593 people
- Ahopa3,485 people
- Bhogpara3,366 people
- Ambari3,359 people
- Belguripathar3,270 people

[All 86 villages in Baska](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/baksa/baska/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chaulkara from Mushalpur?7 km by road
- What is the population of Chaulkara?4,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaulkara in?Baksa district (Baska sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Chaulkara?72.8% (Census 2011)