# Chakbajit Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chakbajit

Chakbajit is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **171 people in 41 households**, the 263rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 171people (2011)
- 41households
- 44.0%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakbajit

Of every 100 households in Chakbajit in 2011, 37 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakbajit · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****22%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**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 Chakbajit?

■ Chakbajit · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**965

Working population ****55.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.9% for men and 34.8% for women. 61% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 60 (64%)

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

- Kesabpur178 people
- Chilimbad173 people
- Nihi Nagar173 people
- Asurakrisnabati172 people
- Kaliha171 people
- Chak Basanta165 people
- Bannapara160 people
- Baodhara155 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakbajit?171 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakbajit in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakbajit?44.0% (Census 2011)