Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Chak Bahara

Chak Bahara is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 129 people in 30 households, the 261st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 129 people (2011)
- 30 households
- 68.5% literacy
- 1,048 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Bahara

Of every 100 households in Chak Bahara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Bahara · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 31%
- Toilet within the home 10% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 75%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 21% 26%
- Television 0% 16%
- Mobile phone 31% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 31% 33%
- Own their home 97% 98%

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

## What is the population of Chak Bahara?

■ Chak Bahara · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.5% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1048 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 909 954
- Working population 57.4% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 55.4% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (4%) · ■ Farm labourers 65 (88%) · ■ Other work 5 (7%) · ■ Marginal 1 (1%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Shyamnagar 157 people
- Sulapanipur 156 people
- Hardail 144 people
- Chak Sib 139 people
- Chak Radhakanta 122 people
- Karttikpur 117 people
- Jnanbai 112 people
- Umanandapur 109 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Other places named Chak Bahara
- Chak Bahara · Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman · 1,069 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chak Bahara? 129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Bahara in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Bahara? 68.5% (Census 2011)

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