# Chaklai Village, Pandua, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Pandua, Hugli 

# Chaklai

Chaklai is a village in Pandua sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,265 people in 277 households**, the 80th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 1,265people (2011)
- 277households
- 75.2%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaklai

Of every 100 households in Chaklai in 2011, 20 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaklai · ■ Pandua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**52%

Tap water ****15%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**20%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**81%

Use banking services ****65%**

**53%

Television ****18%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaklai?

■ Chaklai · ■ Pandua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**962

Working population ****45.4%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 64.9% for women. 62% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 116 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 412 (72%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 17 (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 Pandua

- Kulipukur1,341 people
- Atti1,324 people
- Berui1,306 people
- Dhamasin1,293 people
- Gangoal1,234 people
- Haridaspur1,223 people
- Piragram1,223 people
- Rukmini1,220 people

[All 154 villages in Pandua](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/pandua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaklai?1,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaklai in?Hugli district (Pandua sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaklai?75.2% (Census 2011)