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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chauka

Chauka is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,495 people in 318 households**, the 57th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,495people (2011)
- 318households
- 87.4%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauka

Of every 100 households in Chauka in 2011, 72 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chauka · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**13%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**37%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Chauka?

■ Chauka · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1153**

**959

Working population ****53.8%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 79.1% for women. 68% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 350 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (5%) · **■** Household industry 78 (10%) · **■** Other work 78 (10%) · **■** Marginal 255 (32%)

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

- Nirmalbazar1,597 people
- Amarpur Raghunathpur1,583 people
- Jaykunda1,571 people
- Kismatkotalpur1,551 people
- Gobindapur1,420 people
- Kismaidirghalgram1,384 people
- Gangaprasad1,382 people
- Barnabin1,365 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauka?1,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chauka?87.4% (Census 2011)