# Chalkigara Village, Ranibundh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Chalkigara

Chalkigara is a village in Ranibundh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **903 people in 187 households**, the 41st largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 903people (2011)
- 187households
- 70.0%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalkigara

Of every 100 households in Chalkigara in 2011, 38 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chalkigara · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**94%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

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 Chalkigara?

■ Chalkigara · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**951

Working population ****44.9%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 56.2% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (62%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 60 (15%)

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 Ranibundh

- Khejur Khanma988 people
- Mitha-Am986 people
- Baragram967 people
- Kanthalia950 people
- Hetia Pathar879 people
- Syamadihi873 people
- Nutandihi867 people
- Serengda852 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalkigara?903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalkigara in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalkigara?70.0% (Census 2011)