# Chak Chandan Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Chandan

Chak Chandan is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **813 people in 203 households**, the 108th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 813people (2011)
- 203households
- 78.0%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Chandan

Of every 100 households in Chak Chandan in 2011, 28 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chak Chandan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**65%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chandan?

■ Chak Chandan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1367**

**965

Working population ****44.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 68.9% for women. 62% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (27%) · **■** Household industry 26 (7%) · **■** Other work 115 (32%) · **■** Marginal 71 (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

- Phulghara842 people
- Nunail830 people
- Birahini826 people
- Gopinagar821 people
- Chak Bakhar800 people
- Rampur Kismat792 people
- Chakkasi791 people
- Manail762 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Chandan?813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Chandan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Chandan?78.0% (Census 2011)