# Chaksatan Village, Harischandrapur - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Harischandrapur - II, Maldah 

# Chaksatan

Chaksatan is a village in Harischandrapur - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,754 people in 319 households**, the 41st largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 1,754people (2011)
- 319households
- 43.7%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaksatan

Of every 100 households in Chaksatan in 2011, 13 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaksatan · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**15%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**44%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaksatan?

■ Chaksatan · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.7%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1172**

**957

Working population ****34.4%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.9% for men and 31.0% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 159 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (20%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 290 (48%)

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 Harischandrapur - II

- Jalalpur2,029 people
- Sharanpur2,027 people
- Betahal1,920 people
- Chithalia1,774 people
- Dahara1,733 people
- Hariharpur1,696 people
- Degun1,665 people
- Basudebpur1,652 people

[All 74 villages in Harischandrapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaksatan?1,754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaksatan in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaksatan?43.7% (Census 2011)