# Chak Purohit Village, Raina - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Raina - I, Barddhaman 

# Chak Purohit

Chak Purohit is a village in Raina - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,230 people in 442 households**, the 23rd largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.2%.

- 2,230people (2011)
- 442households
- 80.6%literacy
- 679females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Purohit

Of every 100 households in Chak Purohit in 2011, 40 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chak Purohit · ■ Raina - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**52%

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

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**34%

Tap water ****37%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**36%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**83%

Use banking services ****92%**

**67%

Television ****22%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Purohit?

■ Chak Purohit · ■ Raina - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**80.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****679**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**950

Working population ****41.0%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 68.9% for women. 49% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 315 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 217 (24%) · **■** Marginal 331 (36%)

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 Raina - I

- Rupsona2,506 people
- Bamunia2,441 people
- Bajitpur2,330 people
- Dhamas2,289 people
- Gopalpur2,207 people
- Uttar Mohanpur2,185 people
- Balagar2,076 people
- Rasuikhanda2,044 people

[All 112 villages in Raina - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/raina-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Purohit?2,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Purohit in?Barddhaman district (Raina - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Purohit?80.6% (Census 2011)