# Chak Sultan Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Chak Sultan

Chak Sultan is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 186 households**, the 163rd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 693people (2011)
- 186households
- 72.1%literacy
- 1,113females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Sultan

Of every 100 households in Chak Sultan in 2011, 32 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Sultan · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****98%**

**58%

Television ****23%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Sultan?

■ Chak Sultan · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1113**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**962

Working population ****44.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 64.1% for women. 62% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (17%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 54 (18%) · **■** Marginal 160 (52%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Purandarpur707 people
- Gauripur700 people
- Nakira Para700 people
- Hariharpur699 people
- Sirijpur687 people
- Kashipur676 people
- Sheapur676 people
- Shibpur675 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Sultan?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Sultan in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Sultan?72.1% (Census 2011)