# Chak Bahara Village, Purbasthali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman 

# Chak Bahara

Chak Bahara is a village in Purbasthali - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,069 people in 257 households**, the 64th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,069people (2011)
- 257households
- 57.6%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Bahara

Of every 100 households in Chak Bahara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Bahara · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**24%

Tap water ****6%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**40%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**44%

Television ****23%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chak Bahara?

■ Chak Bahara · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**970

Working population ****56.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.5% for men and 54.7% for women. 66% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (36%) · **■** Household industry 134 (22%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 41 (7%)

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 Purbasthali - II

- Baidyapur1,275 people
- Lohachur1,208 people
- Kaibati1,124 people
- Rukuspur1,123 people
- Kanknal1,062 people
- Satpota1,056 people
- Belgachhi1,021 people
- Dampal983 people

[All 90 villages in Purbasthali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Bahara?1,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Bahara in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Bahara?57.6% (Census 2011)