# Chak Balaram Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Balaram

Chak Balaram is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **519 people in 132 households**, the 61st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 519people (2011)
- 132households
- 89.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Balaram

Of every 100 households in Chak Balaram in 2011, 57 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 18 a car.

■ Chak Balaram · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**60%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****38%**

**36%

Television ****33%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****18%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chak Balaram?

■ Chak Balaram · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****682**

**966

Working population ****39.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 85.0% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (8%) · **■** Household industry 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 45 (22%) · **■** Marginal 50 (24%)

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 Hilli

- Jantipur615 people
- Basanta588 people
- Uttar Jamalpur584 people
- Kunja Dungi566 people
- Sidai465 people
- Bahadurpur459 people
- Chak Gopal449 people
- Baddungi437 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Balaram?519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Balaram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Balaram?89.6% (Census 2011)