# Chankia Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chankia

Chankia is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,658 people in 363 households**, the 52nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,658people (2011)
- 363households
- 79.7%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chankia

Of every 100 households in Chankia in 2011, 37 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chankia · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****39%**

**18%

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 Chankia?

■ Chankia · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**969

Working population ****25.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 76.0% for women. 49% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (65%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (13%) · **■** Marginal 27 (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 Amdanga

- Mathura1,899 people
- Atghara1,791 people
- Shrirampur1,743 people
- Gajbanda1,713 people
- Kharu1,651 people
- Panchpota1,608 people
- Belu1,528 people
- Durlabhpur1,502 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chankia?1,658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chankia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chankia?79.7% (Census 2011)