Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad
# Chhakka Nagar

Chhakka Nagar is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,125 people in 449 households, the 29th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.
- 2,125 people (2011)
- 449 households
- 73.0% literacy
- 941 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhakka Nagar

Of every 100 households in Chhakka Nagar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhakka Nagar · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 3% 22%
- Toilet within the home 67% 69%
- No toilet (open defecation) 33% 29%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 41% 43%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 6% 29%
- Television 1% 10%
- Mobile phone 36% 26%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 28% 35%
- Own their home 92% 92%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chhakka Nagar?

■ Chhakka Nagar · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.0% 66.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 932 961
- Working population 27.2% 31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 75.7% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 92 (16%) · ■ Farm labourers 200 (35%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 246 (43%) · ■ Marginal 37 (6%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bhagawangola - I
- Paschim Gobindapur 2,677 people
- Sultanpur 2,458 people
- Chandipur Ramkantapur 2,438 people
- Bajipur 2,354 people
- Kulgachi 2,110 people
- Subarna Mrigi 2,039 people
- Palasbati 1,948 people
- Meoakhana 1,805 people

All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chhakka Nagar? 2,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhakka Nagar in? Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhakka Nagar? 73.0% (Census 2011)

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