# Chauduar Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Chauduar

Chauduar is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **999 people in 196 households**, the 42nd largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 999people (2011)
- 196households
- 53.9%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauduar

Of every 100 households in Chauduar in 2011, 40 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chauduar · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**70%

Tap water ****18%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**31%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**85%

Use banking services ****13%**

**22%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**42%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Chauduar?

■ Chauduar · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**967

Working population ****31.1%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 50.2% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (22%) · **■** Household industry 28 (9%) · **■** Other work 88 (28%) · **■** Marginal 62 (20%)

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 Ratua - II

- Sekhpur1,249 people
- Ailpara1,233 people
- Lokhra1,179 people
- Harirampur1,102 people
- Sultanganj922 people
- Kharbari Jhamuria914 people
- Simla854 people
- Purbba Balarampur693 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauduar?999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauduar in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chauduar?53.9% (Census 2011)