# Chaupukuria Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Chaupukuria

Chaupukuria is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 377 households**, the 41st largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 377households
- 74.0%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaupukuria

Of every 100 households in Chaupukuria in 2011, 70 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Chaupukuria · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**88%

Use banking services ****29%**

**32%

Television ****42%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chaupukuria?

■ Chaupukuria · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1234**

**972

Working population ****39.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 63.8% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (10%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 483 (72%) · **■** Marginal 57 (8%)

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

- Jabarali1,836 people
- Baramala1,799 people
- Abhiram1,773 people
- Purbba Bansgaonchakla1,756 people
- Paschim Bansgaon Kismat1,644 people
- Halal1,511 people
- Meherulla1,501 people
- Hatiram1,421 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaupukuria?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaupukuria in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaupukuria?74.0% (Census 2011)