# Purba Chakbhikan Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Purba Chakbhikan

Purba Chakbhikan is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **431 people in 118 households**, the 183rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 431people (2011)
- 118households
- 61.9%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Chakbhikan

Of every 100 households in Purba Chakbhikan in 2011, 83 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Chakbhikan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****49%**

**41%

Television ****34%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Purba Chakbhikan?

■ Purba Chakbhikan · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**965

Working population ****53.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 55.1% for women. 60% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (22%) · **■** Household industry 29 (13%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 77 (34%)

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

- Chak Madhab443 people
- Tulsipur434 people
- Paschim Mustafapur433 people
- Paschim Krishnapur432 people
- Gopalpur429 people
- Hatiapara428 people
- Paschim Chakismail428 people
- Begunbari420 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Chakbhikan?431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Chakbhikan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Chakbhikan?61.9% (Census 2011)