# Chak Jharia Village, Pandabeswar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/pandabeswar/chak-jharia/

Village · Pandabeswar, Barddhaman 

# Chak Jharia

Chak Jharia is a village in Pandabeswar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,497 people in 314 households**, the 9th largest of 14 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,497people (2011)
- 314households
- 73.8%literacy
- 791females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Jharia

Of every 100 households in Chak Jharia in 2011, 62 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Chak Jharia · ■ Pandabeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**53%

Tap water ****20%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%**

**20%

Use banking services ****54%**

**51%

Television ****65%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**4%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****37%**

**73%

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 Chak Jharia?

■ Chak Jharia · ■ Pandabeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****791**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**942

Working population ****36.5%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 62.2% for women. 47% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 22 (4%) · **■** Other work 255 (47%) · **■** Marginal 204 (37%)

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 Pandabeswar

- Sonpur2,358 people
- Joalbhanga2,070 people
- Gobindapur1,898 people
- Bajari1,583 people
- Chak Karala1,331 people
- Deshlopa1,178 people
- Konda916 people
- Bhaluka681 people

[All 15 villages in Pandabeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/pandabeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Jharia?1,497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Jharia in?Barddhaman district (Pandabeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Jharia?73.8% (Census 2011)