# Chakpara Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chakpara

Chakpara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **162 people in 34 households**, the 147th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 162people (2011)
- 34households
- 55.3%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakpara

Of every 100 households in Chakpara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****9%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Chakpara?

■ Chakpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1625**

**972

Working population ****33.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.6% for men and 50.0% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (9%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 8 (15%)

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 Bansihari

- Madhupur180 people
- Sankarpur178 people
- Makrampur174 people
- Saidpur174 people
- Chak Chandmukh159 people
- Dakshingaon157 people
- Chhota Khidirpur154 people
- Banamalipur148 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakpara?162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakpara?55.3% (Census 2011)