# Chak Baliram Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Baliram

Chak Baliram is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,663 people in 413 households**, the 32nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,663people (2011)
- 413households
- 64.9%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Baliram

Of every 100 households in Chak Baliram in 2011, 26 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Baliram · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**94%

Use banking services ****5%**

**26%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Baliram?

■ Chak Baliram · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**954

Working population ****35.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 58.3% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 173 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (38%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (22%) · **■** Marginal 61 (10%)

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

- Khalsi1,842 people
- Suhari1,782 people
- Magurpur1,763 people
- Chechra1,731 people
- Jamlabad1,630 people
- Ganahar1,609 people
- Lakshminaryanpur1,593 people
- Babatail1,590 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Baliram?1,663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Baliram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Baliram?64.9% (Census 2011)