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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chaugharia

Chaugharia is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 107 households**, the 99th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 471people (2011)
- 107households
- 65.3%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaugharia

Of every 100 households in Chaugharia in 2011, 29 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaugharia · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****9%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaugharia?

■ Chaugharia · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**972

Working population ****62.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 48.2% for women. 69% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 157 (53%)

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

- Suripukur505 people
- Kelna501 people
- Bhingaldaha489 people
- Selimabad482 people
- Krishnabati470 people
- Alipur468 people
- Mahadipur461 people
- Nachhuapara461 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaugharia?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaugharia in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaugharia?65.3% (Census 2011)