# Chaugharia Village, Kalna - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - I, Barddhaman 

# Chaugharia

Chaugharia is a village in Kalna - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,836 people in 445 households**, the 33rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 1,836people (2011)
- 445households
- 69.3%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaugharia

Of every 100 households in Chaugharia in 2011, 45 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Chaugharia · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**47%

Tap water ****20%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**88%

Use banking services ****49%**

**58%

Television ****27%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Chaugharia?

■ Chaugharia · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**979

Working population ****41.8%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 65.5% for women. 63% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 368 (48%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 75 (10%) · **■** Marginal 211 (27%)

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 Kalna - I

- Bijra1,953 people
- Basatpur1,903 people
- Moktarpur1,895 people
- Bhatra1,846 people
- Bhabanipur1,819 people
- Uplati1,814 people
- Salghara1,791 people
- Uttar Rameswarpur1,769 people

[All 99 villages in Kalna - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaugharia?1,836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaugharia in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaugharia?69.3% (Census 2011)