# Charakpota Village, Tehatta - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Tehatta - II, Nadia 

# Charakpota

Charakpota is a village in Tehatta - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,577 people in 633 households**, the 20th largest of 32 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 2,577people (2011)
- 633households
- 52.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charakpota

Of every 100 households in Charakpota in 2011, 46 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charakpota · ■ Tehatta - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**23%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**70%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****13%**

**25%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****88%**

**96%

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 Charakpota?

■ Charakpota · ■ Tehatta - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**993

Working population ****28.6%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.1% for men and 49.9% for women. 54% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (70%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 76 (10%) · **■** Marginal 46 (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 Tehatta - II

- Sahebnagar3,468 people
- Baor3,423 people
- Uzirpur3,332 people
- Krishnanagar3,254 people
- Komthana2,560 people
- Iswarchandrapur2,471 people
- Raninagar2,406 people
- Abhaynagar2,254 people

[All 35 villages in Tehatta - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/tehatta-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charakpota?2,577 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charakpota in?Nadia district (Tehatta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charakpota?52.0% (Census 2011)