# Chaital Village, Minakhan – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaital

Chaital is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **11,927 people in 2,622 households**, the 2nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 11,927people (2011)
- 2,622households
- 68.2%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaital

Of every 100 households in Chaital in 2011, 13 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaital · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**80%

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

**14%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****57%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**44%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaital?

■ Chaital · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**961

Working population ****32.1%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 62.1% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 353 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 814 (21%) · **■** Household industry 21 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,378 (36%) · **■** Marginal 1,264 (33%)

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 Minakhan

- Mohanpur12,451 people
- Kumarjol7,967 people
- Atpukur7,717 people
- Uchildaha6,986 people
- Bamanpukuria6,421 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaital?11,927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaital in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaital?68.2% (Census 2011)