# Chaknara Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Chaknara

Chaknara is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **600 people in 145 households**, the 66th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 600people (2011)
- 145households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,158females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaknara

Of every 100 households in Chaknara in 2011, 34 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaknara · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**23%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**53%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

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 Chaknara?

■ Chaknara · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1158**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**938

Working population ****63.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 57.5% for women. 64% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 360 (94%)

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 Sarenga

- Dangarpara632 people
- Amdani617 people
- Karbhanga607 people
- Pirargari603 people
- Murku599 people
- Benasuli586 people
- Patgara586 people
- Kumarpur576 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaknara?600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaknara in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaknara?69.5% (Census 2011)