Village · Kalapipal, Shajapur
# Chakrana Bad

Chakrana Bad is a village in Kalapipal sub-district of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 142 people in 26 households, the 117th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.
- 142 people (2011)
- 26 households
- 75.2% literacy
- 945 females per 1,000 males

## Chakrana Bad PIN code and other codes

Chakrana Bad falls in Kalapipal sub-district, Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Kalapipal
- Census village code 473152

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Chakrana Bad from nearby towns?
- Kalapipal (sub-district HQ) 22 km by road
- Shajapur (district HQ) 84 km by road
- Kalapipal (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Chakrana Bad?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Chakrana Bad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Chhapri
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Khokrakalan
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Kalapipal
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Shajapur
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chakrana Bad known for?

The main crops are soyabean, wheat and chana. About 81% of the 219 hectares of village land is sown, and 137 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Chakrana Bad

Of every 100 households in Chakrana Bad in 2011, 63 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakrana Bad · ■ Kalapipal rural average
- Electricity for lighting 63% 89%
- Toilet within the home 11% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 89% 80%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 13%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 30% 43%
- Television 67% 33%
- Mobile phone 59% 56%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 20%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 4% 28%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chakrana Bad?

■ Chakrana Bad · ■ Kalapipal rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.2% 71.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 945 926
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 471 910
- Working population 47.2% 48.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 60.7% for women. 47% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 21 (31%) · ■ Farm labourers 45 (67%) · ■ Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kalapipal
- Kharkhar 289 people
- Khalilpur 276 people
- Deora Khedi 149 people
- Hanumant Kheda 148 people
- Kalali 124 people
- Adam Kheda 83 people
- Kankariya Ranayal 8 people
- Tigariya 2 people

All 124 villages in Kalapipal

## Quick answers
- How far is Chakrana Bad from Shajapur? 84 km by road
- What is the population of Chakrana Bad? 142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakrana Bad in? Shajapur district (Kalapipal sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chakrana Bad? 75.2% (Census 2011)

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