# Chak Jayanti Village, Kumarganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Jayanti

Chak Jayanti is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **623 people in 146 households**, the 105th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 623people (2011)
- 146households
- 77.9%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Jayanti

Of every 100 households in Chak Jayanti in 2011, 28 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chak Jayanti · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****53%**

**25%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**33%

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 Chak Jayanti?

■ Chak Jayanti · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**951

Working population ****29.4%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 72.5% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (36%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 46 (25%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Kumarganj

- Madhya Ramkrishnapur640 people
- Doraha637 people
- Udail632 people
- Damodarpur630 people
- Bholanathpur617 people
- Dattamati611 people
- Disnagar609 people
- Behatair593 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Jayanti?623 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Jayanti in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Jayanti?77.9% (Census 2011)