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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Farid

Chak Farid is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 123 households**, the 140th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 560people (2011)
- 123households
- 70.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Farid

Of every 100 households in Chak Farid in 2011, 14 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Farid · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****60%**

**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 Farid?

■ Chak Farid · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****633**

**965

Working population ****60.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 63.3% for women. 58% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 300 (89%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 25 (7%)

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

- Jotejagat585 people
- Narayanpur573 people
- Kusumbar566 people
- Sanapara564 people
- Bangalipur559 people
- Talmandira555 people
- Sonkair554 people
- Majatpur553 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Farid?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Farid in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Farid?70.5% (Census 2011)