# Chak Meral Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Chak Meral

Chak Meral is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **393 people in 86 households**, the 112th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 393people (2011)
- 86households
- 60.0%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Meral

Of every 100 households in Chak Meral in 2011, 77 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Meral · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****37%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**18%

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 Chak Meral?

■ Chak Meral · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**964

Working population ****46.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 41.9% for women. 60% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (61%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 59 (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 Indus

- Raypara422 people
- Ashwinpur413 people
- Santara406 people
- Srirampur395 people
- Mamudpur376 people
- Simulia376 people
- Mahesh Pur365 people
- Arapur364 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Meral?393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Meral in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Meral?60.0% (Census 2011)