# Chalki Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chalki

Chalki is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,690 people in 874 households**, the 32nd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 3,690people (2011)
- 874households
- 82.9%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalki

Of every 100 households in Chalki in 2011, 73 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chalki · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**19%

Tap water ****16%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****67%**

**38%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**22%

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 Chalki?

■ Chalki · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**79.7%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**962

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 78.5% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 332 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 288 (22%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 349 (27%) · **■** Marginal 302 (23%)

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 Bongaon

- Bhandarkola3,902 people
- Sehalapara3,859 people
- Polta3,843 people
- Serpur3,740 people
- Belta3,606 people
- Ganrapota3,538 people
- Mollahati3,430 people
- Paschim Ramchandrapur3,350 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalki?3,690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalki in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalki?82.9% (Census 2011)