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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Chak Madhusudan

Chak Madhusudan is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **497 people in 128 households**, the 169th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 497people (2011)
- 128households
- 71.6%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Madhusudan

Of every 100 households in Chak Madhusudan in 2011, 50 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Madhusudan · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****39%**

**26%

Television ****39%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Madhusudan?

■ Chak Madhusudan · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1348**

**954

Working population ****53.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 65.4% for women. 65% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (19%) · **■** Other work 43 (16%) · **■** Marginal 123 (46%)

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

- Ramrampur530 people
- Chhiraikuri527 people
- Karanjara522 people
- Aihara497 people
- Bharila495 people
- Chak Satihar488 people
- Shaldanga485 people
- Sondhapukur483 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Madhusudan?497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Madhusudan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Madhusudan?71.6% (Census 2011)