# Chakashan, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chakashan

Chakashan is a village in [Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **178 people in 46 households**, the 189th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 178people (2011)
- 46households
- 71.7%literacy
- 1,070females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakashan

Of every 100 households in Chakashan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakashan · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**70%

Tap water ****100%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**37%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Chakashan?

■ Chakashan · ■ Gangarampur rural average

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

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1070**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**936

Working population ****51.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 76.0% for women. 64% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (7%) · **■** Marginal 84 (91%)

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 Gangarampur

- Harishpur226 people
- Haridaspur224 people
- Mahendri209 people
- Shibkrishnapur199 people
- Paschim Kashipur178 people
- Uttar Gopalpur175 people
- Taraju147 people
- Kamalpur117 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakashan?178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakashan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakashan?71.7% (Census 2011)