# Chaksadi Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chaksadi

Chaksadi is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,667 people in 486 households**, the 26th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 2,667people (2011)
- 486households
- 80.2%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaksadi

Of every 100 households in Chaksadi in 2011, 71 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaksadi · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**49%

Tap water ****59%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****48%**

**37%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaksadi?

■ Chaksadi · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**959

Working population ****30.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 71.0% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 226 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 247 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 143 (18%) · **■** Marginal 183 (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 Ghatal

- Rathipur2,783 people
- Shrirampur2,764 people
- Banaharisinghapur2,730 people
- Panna2,725 people
- Bengral Mungral2,564 people
- Harisinghpur2,541 people
- Dewanchak2,538 people
- Shrirampur2,475 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaksadi?2,667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaksadi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaksadi?80.2% (Census 2011)