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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Jalal

Chak Jalal is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **566 people in 136 households**, the 158th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 566people (2011)
- 136households
- 70.2%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Jalal

Of every 100 households in Chak Jalal in 2011, 33 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Jalal · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****11%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jalal?

■ Chak Jalal · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**954

Working population ****33.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 63.0% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (36%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 17 (9%)

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

- Jagadishbati589 people
- Shibpur586 people
- Sinhabi573 people
- Kasibati570 people
- Kashikuri543 people
- Dhulchandria541 people
- Mollazi541 people
- Jagannathpur536 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Jalal?566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Jalal in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Jalal?70.2% (Census 2011)