Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Chalun

Chalun is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,527 people in 570 households, the 19th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.
- 2,527 people (2011)
- 570 households
- 68.9% literacy
- 906 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalun

Of every 100 households in Chalun in 2011, 14 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chalun · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 14% 38%
- Toilet within the home 16% 28%
- No toilet (open defecation) 84% 70%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 28% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 86% 95%
- Use banking services 43% 27%
- Television 5% 17%
- Mobile phone 41% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 29% 37%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chalun?

■ Chalun · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.9% 71.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 906 932
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1012 936
- Working population 40.4% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 63.4% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 254 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 242 (24%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 44 (4%) · ■ Marginal 479 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangarampur
- Nehamba 2,836 people
- Keshabpur 2,834 people
- Ashokgram 2,632 people
- Jahangirpur 2,560 people
- Kurumsur 2,522 people
- Bachhuria 2,440 people
- Sahara 2,378 people
- Debipur 2,239 people

All 202 villages in Gangarampur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chalun? 2,527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalun in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalun? 68.9% (Census 2011)

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