# Chalka Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Chalka

Chalka is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **633 people in 123 households**, the 48th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 633people (2011)
- 123households
- 66.2%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalka

Of every 100 households in Chalka in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chalka · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**50%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Chalka?

■ Chalka · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**969

Working population ****44.7%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 47.9% for women. 52% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 194 (69%)

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 Hirbandh

- Biradihi705 people
- Kaliapathar687 people
- Jamdahara654 people
- Ashatara638 people
- Chatanibaid627 people
- Aralbara608 people
- Bangopalpur605 people
- Itamara589 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalka?633 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalka in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalka?66.2% (Census 2011)