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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chakram

Chakram is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,320 people in 331 households**, the 47th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,320people (2011)
- 331households
- 69.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakram

Of every 100 households in Chakram in 2011, 42 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****9%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Chakram?

■ Chakram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**965

Working population ****43.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 63.7% for women. 63% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 184 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (25%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 71 (12%) · **■** Marginal 160 (28%)

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

- Atair1,355 people
- Daulla1,339 people
- Rajuha1,338 people
- Manail1,332 people
- Haripur1,317 people
- Gongasagar1,285 people
- Dogachhi1,229 people
- Pirijpur1,207 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakram?1,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakram?69.6% (Census 2011)