# Chak Basanta Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Basanta

Chak Basanta is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **165 people in 45 households**, the 265th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 165people (2011)
- 45households
- 61.7%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Basanta

Of every 100 households in Chak Basanta in 2011, 7 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chak Basanta · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**38%

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

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****9%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****91%**

**26%

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 Basanta?

■ Chak Basanta · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1182**

**965

Working population ****32.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 53.0% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 17 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (17%) · **■** Marginal 27 (51%)

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

- Nihi Nagar173 people
- Asurakrisnabati172 people
- Chakbajit171 people
- Kaliha171 people
- Bannapara160 people
- Baodhara155 people
- Mathurapur151 people
- Gopisahar150 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Basanta?165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Basanta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Basanta?61.7% (Census 2011)