# Chak Farasatpur Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chak Farasatpur

Chak Farasatpur is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,769 people in 415 households**, the 44th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,769people (2011)
- 415households
- 68.8%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Farasatpur

Of every 100 households in Chak Farasatpur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Farasatpur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**72%

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

**22%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****31%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chak Farasatpur?

■ Chak Farasatpur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**969

Working population ****36.5%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 66.0% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (22%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 260 (40%) · **■** Marginal 131 (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 Basirhat - II

- Chak Kalikapur1,950 people
- Kharidanga1,938 people
- Bakpukhuria1,875 people
- Karulia1,831 people
- Swaruppur1,687 people
- Nagarkachua1,597 people
- Akatpur1,473 people
- Katiarbag1,430 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Farasatpur?1,769 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Farasatpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Farasatpur?68.8% (Census 2011)