# Chak Balaram, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Balaram

Chak Balaram is a village in [Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,183 people in 275 households**, the 61st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,183people (2011)
- 275households
- 57.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Balaram

Of every 100 households in Chak Balaram in 2011, 20 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Balaram · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**75%

Tap water ****37%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**26%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**954

Working population ****59.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 47.1% for women. 58% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 359 (51%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 242 (34%)

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 Tapan

- Fatepur1,233 people
- Sakair1,233 people
- Dubahar1,217 people
- Kadoa Jagadisbati1,185 people
- Khosalpur1,177 people
- Abhirampur1,161 people
- Jamalpur1,157 people
- Kishtapur1,153 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Other places named Chak Balaram

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- Chak Balaram · Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum · 288 people
- Chak Balaram · Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur · 269 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Balaram?1,183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Balaram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Balaram?57.6% (Census 2011)