# Chaklalu Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Chaklalu

Chaklalu is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,627 people in 348 households**, the 44th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 1,627people (2011)
- 348households
- 61.8%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaklalu

Of every 100 households in Chaklalu in 2011, 7 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaklalu · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**79%

Tap water ****5%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**48%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**90%

Use banking services ****22%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**43%

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 Chaklalu?

■ Chaklalu · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**967

Working population ****59.3%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 57.8% for women. 59% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 244 (25%) · **■** Household industry 42 (4%) · **■** Other work 166 (17%) · **■** Marginal 404 (42%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Par Anantapur2,096 people
- Debidaspur2,087 people
- Kazichak1,846 people
- Akanda Baria1,651 people
- Uzirpur1,315 people
- Sultanpur1,277 people
- Niyogi Nagar1,274 people
- Nurnagar1,206 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaklalu?1,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaklalu in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaklalu?61.8% (Census 2011)