# Chaugachha Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Chaugachha

Chaugachha is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,603 people in 1,941 households**, the 3rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 8,603people (2011)
- 1,941households
- 78.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaugachha

Of every 100 households in Chaugachha in 2011, 58 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaugachha · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**16%

Tap water ****5%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**86%

Use banking services ****21%**

**38%

Television ****24%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Chaugachha?

■ Chaugachha · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**937

Working population ****35.4%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 71.4% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 905 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,309 (43%) · **■** Household industry 70 (2%) · **■** Other work 568 (19%) · **■** Marginal 193 (6%)

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 Chakdah

- Alaipur13,754 people
- Srinagar10,483 people
- Chand Mari8,475 people
- Silinda7,741 people
- Hariankha6,585 people
- Rautari6,563 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaugachha?8,603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaugachha in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaugachha?78.5% (Census 2011)