# Chakta Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Chakta

Chakta is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,582 people in 1,016 households**, the 8th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 4,582people (2011)
- 1,016households
- 62.5%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakta

Of every 100 households in Chakta in 2011, 16 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chakta · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****50%**

**68%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chakta?

■ Chakta · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**955

Working population ****33.3%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 57.7% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 322 (21%) · **■** Household industry 57 (4%) · **■** Other work 296 (19%) · **■** Marginal 700 (46%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Morgram6,197 people
- Murgram5,919 people
- Rajur5,776 people
- Ehiapur5,732 people
- Palita4,342 people
- Pandugram4,178 people
- Komarpur4,110 people
- Khanji4,052 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakta?4,582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakta in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakta?62.5% (Census 2011)