# Chaugachha Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaugachha

Chaugachha is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,923 people in 492 households**, the 58th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,923people (2011)
- 492households
- 84.4%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaugachha

Of every 100 households in Chaugachha in 2011, 57 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaugachha · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**3%

Tap water ****22%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**47%

Television ****26%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****21%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chaugachha?

■ Chaugachha · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**965

Working population ****35.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 81.1% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (27%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 219 (32%) · **■** Marginal 90 (13%)

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 Gaighata

- Dhankuni2,030 people
- Mahishakati1,972 people
- Jhikra1,968 people
- Amankandia1,965 people
- Jamdani1,923 people
- Tegharia1,920 people
- Pipli1,808 people
- Natgram1,742 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaugachha?1,923 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaugachha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaugachha?84.4% (Census 2011)