# Chak Balaram Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Chak Balaram

Chak Balaram is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **288 people in 59 households**, the 163rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 288people (2011)
- 59households
- 42.1%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Balaram

Of every 100 households in Chak Balaram in 2011, 3 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Balaram · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**77%

Use banking services ****0%**

**51%

Television ****0%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Chak Balaram?

■ Chak Balaram · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**980

Working population ****23.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.7% for men and 32.8% for women. 42% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (78%) · **■** Other work 12 (18%)

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

- Kanchannagar321 people
- Noapara314 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur312 people
- Kandighi309 people
- Mohanpur270 people
- Aduria255 people
- Shrirampur252 people
- Kumarbundra251 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Balaram?288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Balaram in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Balaram?42.1% (Census 2011)