# Bansgaonchakla Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Bansgaonchakla

Bansgaonchakla is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,876 people in 763 households**, the 13th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 3,876people (2011)
- 763households
- 54.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bansgaonchakla

Of every 100 households in Bansgaonchakla in 2011, 29 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bansgaonchakla · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**72%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**53%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**88%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****16%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**82%

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 Bansgaonchakla?

■ Bansgaonchakla · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.5%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**972

Working population ****36.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 45.4% for women. 48% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 330 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 292 (21%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 721 (51%) · **■** Marginal 64 (5%)

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 Phansidewa

- Liusipukuri5,185 people
- Uttar Bansgaon Kismat5,064 people
- Pathar Hirhirar Chhat4,039 people
- Bandar Gachh3,891 people
- Purba Bansgaon3,859 people
- Dhakpara3,322 people
- Molani3,020 people
- Bhalamanashi2,951 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bansgaonchakla?3,876 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bansgaonchakla in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bansgaonchakla?54.5% (Census 2011)