# Chuk Nagar Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chuk Nagar

Chuk Nagar is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **955 people in 218 households**, the 59th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 955people (2011)
- 218households
- 84.1%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chuk Nagar

Of every 100 households in Chuk Nagar in 2011, 63 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chuk Nagar · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chuk Nagar?

■ Chuk Nagar · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1208**

**969

Working population ****31.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 77.5% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (36%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 148 (49%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Komabad1,053 people
- Rameshwarpur1,046 people
- Chak Amtona1,032 people
- Kendua1,018 people
- Gochharati Bhyabla865 people
- Farasatpur853 people
- Rajalipur752 people
- Ramchandrapur578 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 Chuk Nagar?955 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chuk Nagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chuk Nagar?84.1% (Census 2011)