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

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Chaukuri

Chaukuri is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **315 people in 86 households**, the 129th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 315people (2011)
- 86households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,086females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukuri

Of every 100 households in Chaukuri in 2011, 26 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaukuri · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**40%

Television ****22%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Chaukuri?

■ Chaukuri · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1086**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**942

Working population ****56.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 57.4% for women. 67% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (7%) · **■** Household industry 48 (27%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 88 (49%)

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

- Dakshin Ambari368 people
- Dakshin Boragari366 people
- Chhedarjhar343 people
- Jagarjhuli Bhasirthana338 people
- Khalisaguri307 people
- Kasiabari302 people
- Bhoterhat282 people
- Ruierkuthi232 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 Chaukuri?315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukuri in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukuri?66.4% (Census 2011)