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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Ghatak

Chak Ghatak is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 161 households**, the 125th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 667people (2011)
- 161households
- 76.2%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Ghatak

Of every 100 households in Chak Ghatak in 2011, 33 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Ghatak · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****9%**

**41%

Television ****31%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Ghatak?

■ Chak Ghatak · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**965

Working population ****57.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 68.6% for women. 60% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 111 (29%) · **■** Marginal 190 (50%)

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

- Kasilabati694 people
- Akhira681 people
- Paschim Mashespur681 people
- Taraganja673 people
- Belain661 people
- Baniakuri658 people
- Khashpur638 people
- Siala638 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Ghatak?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Ghatak in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Ghatak?76.2% (Census 2011)