# Chaukighata Village, Indpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Indpur, Bankura 

# Chaukighata

Chaukighata is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,592 people in 315 households**, the 18th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 1,592people (2011)
- 315households
- 66.8%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukighata

Of every 100 households in Chaukighata in 2011, 36 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaukighata · ■ Indpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**82%

Use banking services ****31%**

**48%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaukighata?

■ Chaukighata · ■ Indpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**932

Working population ****57.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 51.1% for women. 64% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (29%) · **■** Household industry 70 (8%) · **■** Other work 102 (11%) · **■** Marginal 434 (48%)

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 Indpur

- Barajorda1,808 people
- Puara1,783 people
- Uparkechanda1,683 people
- Jambedya1,638 people
- Bheduasol1,581 people
- Brajarajpur1,577 people
- Rampur1,574 people
- Phulkusma1,569 people

[All 222 villages in Indpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukighata?1,592 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukighata in?Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukighata?66.8% (Census 2011)