# Dakshin Chakalam Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Chakalam

Dakshin Chakalam is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **393 people in 96 households**, the 193rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 393people (2011)
- 96households
- 90.8%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Chakalam

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Chakalam in 2011, 1 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Chakalam · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**65%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Dakshin Chakalam?

■ Dakshin Chakalam · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**965

Working population ****36.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 87.9% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 77 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 31 (22%) · **■** Marginal 9 (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

- Uttar Chakbhabani420 people
- Tursail406 people
- Bhabanipur402 people
- Chaurapara393 people
- Piakhan387 people
- Bharendra382 people
- Uttar Sibrampur380 people
- Noapara373 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Chakalam?393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Chakalam in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Chakalam?90.8% (Census 2011)