# Alalchak Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Alalchak

Alalchak is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **119 people in 22 households**, the 183rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 119people (2011)
- 22households
- 72.8%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alalchak

Of every 100 households in Alalchak in 2011, 23 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alalchak · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**77%

Use banking services ****46%**

**51%

Television ****4%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Alalchak?

■ Alalchak · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2200**

**980

Working population ****24.4%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 54.9% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 22 (76%) · **■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 6 (21%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Katapalan154 people
- Andarbani150 people
- Modapa139 people
- Sekupur133 people
- Rautandihi118 people
- Chhota Gunsima106 people
- Srichandrapur105 people
- Mandarhati94 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alalchak?119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alalchak in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alalchak?72.8% (Census 2011)