# Chakurpai Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chakurpai

Chakurpai is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **959 people in 228 households**, the 37th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 959people (2011)
- 228households
- 75.8%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakurpai

Of every 100 households in Chakurpai in 2011, 34 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakurpai · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****26%**

**36%

Television ****16%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chakurpai?

■ Chakurpai · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****47.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 67.3% for women. 59% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (49%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 118 (26%)

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

- Lakma1,036 people
- Dharanda1,017 people
- Panjul1,014 people
- Balpara980 people
- Mulahat956 people
- Nawapara953 people
- Jagadishpur941 people
- Jot Tior882 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakurpai?959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakurpai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakurpai?75.8% (Census 2011)