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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Bhikan

Chak Bhikan is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **530 people in 135 households**, the 153rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 530people (2011)
- 135households
- 66.9%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Bhikan

Of every 100 households in Chak Bhikan in 2011, 51 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chak Bhikan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Bhikan?

■ Chak Bhikan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1588**

**965

Working population ****38.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 56.7% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (20%) · **■** Other work 54 (27%) · **■** Marginal 41 (20%)

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

- Baidul538 people
- Krisnapur536 people
- Hasail532 people
- Krishnagar532 people
- Ristara524 people
- Madanganj522 people
- Chak Hosen519 people
- Kalikapur512 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Bhikan?530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Bhikan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Bhikan?66.9% (Census 2011)