# Chaukhuri Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Chaukhuri

Chaukhuri is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **294 people in 54 households**, the 124th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 294people (2011)
- 54households
- 46.1%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukhuri

Of every 100 households in Chaukhuri in 2011, 50 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaukhuri · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**66%

Use banking services ****33%**

**45%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaukhuri?

■ Chaukhuri · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.1%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**939

Working population ****34.7%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 36.4% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (16%) · **■** Household industry 15 (15%) · **■** Other work 58 (57%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Saltora

- Pathardihi331 people
- Bamnishala307 people
- Binodpur302 people
- Damodarpur295 people
- Hirerban293 people
- Siakuldoba289 people
- Lakshankata268 people
- Nabagram261 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukhuri?294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukhuri in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukhuri?46.1% (Census 2011)