# Chausal Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Chausal

Chausal is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,328 people in 436 households**, the 18th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,328people (2011)
- 436households
- 70.5%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chausal

Of every 100 households in Chausal in 2011, 51 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Chausal · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**67%

Use banking services ****58%**

**43%

Television ****32%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Chausal?

■ Chausal · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**908

Working population ****31.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 59.4% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 441 (60%) · **■** Marginal 241 (33%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Barasal2,550 people
- Panktor2,494 people
- Bishinda2,373 people
- Bara Kumira2,355 people
- Amjor2,279 people
- Pirrabani2,252 people
- Sibipara2,190 people
- Deuli2,155 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chausal?2,328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chausal in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chausal?70.5% (Census 2011)