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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Madhab

Chak Madhab is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **443 people in 111 households**, the 179th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 443people (2011)
- 111households
- 59.8%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Madhab

Of every 100 households in Chak Madhab in 2011, 0 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Madhab · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Madhab?

■ Chak Madhab · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**965

Working population ****37.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 50.3% for women. 65% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (47%) · **■** Other work 12 (7%) · **■** Marginal 11 (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

- Sibrambati459 people
- Dharampur454 people
- Kismat Ramkrishnapur448 people
- Debipur444 people
- Tulsipur434 people
- Paschim Mustafapur433 people
- Paschim Krishnapur432 people
- Purba Chakbhikan431 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Madhab?443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Madhab in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Madhab?59.8% (Census 2011)