# Chakai Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Chakai

Chakai is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,476 people in 332 households**, the 34th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,476people (2011)
- 332households
- 59.6%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakai

Of every 100 households in Chakai in 2011, 12 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakai · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****16%**

**53%

Television ****3%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chakai?

■ Chakai · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**948

Working population ****34.1%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 54.5% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (43%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 68 (14%) · **■** Marginal 125 (25%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Patjor1,546 people
- Beloa1,545 people
- Mahanpur1,544 people
- Palshare1,525 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people
- Purba Nabasan1,446 people
- Bara1,421 people
- Amshol1,389 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakai?1,476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakai in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakai?59.6% (Census 2011)