# Charakpara Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Charakpara

Charakpara is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,905 people in 640 households**, the 33rd largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,905people (2011)
- 640households
- 66.7%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charakpara

Of every 100 households in Charakpara in 2011, 4 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charakpara · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**47%

Tap water ****2%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**83%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Charakpara?

■ Charakpara · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**942

Working population ****56.2%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 57.9% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 659 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (14%) · **■** Other work 11 (1%) · **■** Marginal 736 (45%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Bhogdabri Kesharibari3,195 people
- Chhat Duder Kuthi3,180 people
- Dayaler Chhara2,983 people
- Jiranpur2,934 people
- Maghpala2,745 people
- Charaker Kuthi2,693 people
- Rasidanga Pratham Khanda2,548 people
- Ghegirghat2,545 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charakpara?2,905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charakpara in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charakpara?66.7% (Census 2011)