# Chak Bakhar Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Bakhar

Chak Bakhar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **800 people in 188 households**, the 109th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 800people (2011)
- 188households
- 67.4%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Bakhar

Of every 100 households in Chak Bakhar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chak Bakhar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**26%

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 Bakhar?

■ Chak Bakhar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1303**

**965

Working population ****43.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 58.1% for women. 57% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (48%) · **■** Household industry 28 (8%) · **■** Other work 50 (14%) · **■** Marginal 53 (15%)

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 Balurghat

- Nunail830 people
- Birahini826 people
- Gopinagar821 people
- Chak Chandan813 people
- Rampur Kismat792 people
- Chakkasi791 people
- Manail762 people
- Chak Shyam756 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Bakhar?800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Bakhar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Bakhar?67.4% (Census 2011)