# Chaurashi Village, Deganga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaurashi

Chaurashi is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,630 people in 615 households**, the 46th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 2,630people (2011)
- 615households
- 77.6%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaurashi

Of every 100 households in Chaurashi in 2011, 51 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chaurashi · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**8%

Tap water ****9%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**42%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**42%

Television ****17%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Chaurashi?

■ Chaurashi · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1206**

**969

Working population ****29.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 75.4% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (33%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 279 (36%) · **■** Marginal 96 (12%)

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 Deganga

- Eazpur2,747 people
- Jadabpur2,740 people
- Gambhirgachhi2,681 people
- Krishnachandrapur2,677 people
- Arjullapur2,596 people
- Simulia2,586 people
- Champatala2,578 people
- Ismailnagar2,577 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaurashi?2,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaurashi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaurashi?77.6% (Census 2011)