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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dewanchak

Dewanchak is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,538 people in 548 households**, the 29th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 2,538people (2011)
- 548households
- 87.2%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dewanchak

Of every 100 households in Dewanchak in 2011, 66 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dewanchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****53%**

**37%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dewanchak?

■ Dewanchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**959

Working population ****48.0%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 78.2% for women. 60% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 428 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (16%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (6%) · **■** Marginal 499 (41%)

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

- Panna2,725 people
- Chaksadi2,667 people
- Bengral Mungral2,564 people
- Harisinghpur2,541 people
- Shrirampur2,475 people
- Harishpur2,349 people
- Saoyai2,320 people
- Khasbar2,298 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dewanchak?2,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewanchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dewanchak?87.2% (Census 2011)