# Chorkola, Kotulpur, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Chorkola

Chorkola is a village in [Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,260 people in 442 households**, the 23rd largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 2,260people (2011)
- 442households
- 81.8%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chorkola

Of every 100 households in Chorkola in 2011, 72 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chorkola · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**28%

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

**3%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****66%**

**65%

Television ****24%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Chorkola?

■ Chorkola · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1215**

**969

Working population ****40.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 74.8% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 398 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (19%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (7%) · **■** Marginal 272 (30%)

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 Kotulpur

- Sehas2,352 people
- Seromanipur2,306 people
- Koalpara2,305 people
- Karak Berya2,268 people
- Sihar2,164 people
- Panua2,079 people
- Mathuratapal1,996 people
- Jibta1,932 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chorkola?2,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chorkola in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chorkola?81.8% (Census 2011)