# Chaughata Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Chaughata

Chaughata is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,557 people in 437 households**, the 65th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,557people (2011)
- 437households
- 62.6%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaughata

Of every 100 households in Chaughata in 2011, 23 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaughata · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**48%

Tap water ****28%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

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

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****97%**

**58%

Television ****15%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Chaughata?

■ Chaughata · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**962

Working population ****55.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 49.9% for women. 63% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 651 (76%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (8%) · **■** Marginal 29 (3%)

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

- Chenchua1,594 people
- Chaitanya Bati1,577 people
- Dakshin Kotalpur1,574 people
- Hasampur1,564 people
- Deora1,555 people
- Sarampara1,547 people
- Gotpur1,546 people
- Mahamaya1,546 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaughata?1,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaughata in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaughata?62.6% (Census 2011)