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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chamta

Chamta is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **468 people in 117 households**, the 174th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 468people (2011)
- 117households
- 71.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamta

Of every 100 households in Chamta in 2011, 62 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chamta · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****44%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chamta?

■ Chamta · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**965

Working population ****33.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 60.5% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (21%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 102 (66%) · **■** Marginal 10 (6%)

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

- Jhinaipota474 people
- Sobra473 people
- Sibpur470 people
- Santara469 people
- Sibrambati459 people
- Dharampur454 people
- Kismat Ramkrishnapur448 people
- Debipur444 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamta?468 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamta?71.7% (Census 2011)