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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Durga

Chak Durga is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **217 people in 50 households**, the 250th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 217people (2011)
- 50households
- 73.3%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Durga

Of every 100 households in Chak Durga in 2011, 8 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Durga · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Durga?

■ Chak Durga · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**965

Working population ****35.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 61.3% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (21%) · **■** Household industry 7 (9%) · **■** Other work 14 (18%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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

- Ghugudanga241 people
- Chhiashi239 people
- Mobarakpur235 people
- Keotsar228 people
- Paschim Jagannathpur212 people
- Chak Bijoyshri205 people
- Kasimbi205 people
- Chak Jujar202 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Durga?217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Durga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Durga?73.3% (Census 2011)