# Chakla Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chakla

Chakla is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,549 people in 355 households**, the 24th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,549people (2011)
- 355households
- 75.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakla

Of every 100 households in Chakla in 2011, 44 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chakla · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**16%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****27%**

**24%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chakla?

■ Chakla · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**64.0%

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

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**973

Working population ****41.5%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 69.2% for women. 53% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 307 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 240 (37%)

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 Harirampur

- Baragram1,808 people
- Bagichapur1,712 people
- Kesrail1,620 people
- Jathigram1,577 people
- Jaganail1,511 people
- Chahatpur1,464 people
- Nahit1,461 people
- Dolgaon1,392 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakla?1,549 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakla in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakla?75.5% (Census 2011)