# Purba Chakla Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Purba Chakla

Purba Chakla is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **357 people in 71 households**, the 95th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 357people (2011)
- 71households
- 68.0%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Chakla

Of every 100 households in Purba Chakla in 2011, 87 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Chakla · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**36%

Tap water ****62%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****7%**

**40%

Television ****16%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Purba Chakla?

■ Purba Chakla · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**922

Working population ****35.6%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 60.3% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (49%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (6%) · **■** Marginal 47 (37%)

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 Goghat - II

- Maynadanga412 people
- Shyampur379 people
- Krittibaspur371 people
- Raghunathpur370 people
- Belun344 people
- Karnapur344 people
- Mandala316 people
- Dwariapur310 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Chakla?357 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Chakla in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Chakla?68.0% (Census 2011)