# Chak Basu Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/chak-basu/

Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chak Basu

Chak Basu is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **188 people in 41 households**, the 384th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 188people (2011)
- 41households
- 97.5%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Basu

Of every 100 households in Chak Basu in 2011, 15 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Basu · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****51%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

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 Chak Basu?

■ Chak Basu · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.5%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**988

Working population ****41.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 95.0% for women. 70% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 64 (82%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (8%) · **■** Marginal 7 (9%)

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 Debra

- Kabilpur201 people
- Alipur200 people
- Kunarpur199 people
- Mamud Chak192 people
- Chak Palmal188 people
- Chak Shyampur188 people
- Kishorpur188 people
- Chak Arjjuni182 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Basu?188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Basu in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Basu?97.5% (Census 2011)