# Charchaka Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Charchaka

Charchaka is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,108 people in 250 households**, the 20th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,108people (2011)
- 250households
- 83.0%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charchaka

Of every 100 households in Charchaka in 2011, 49 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Charchaka · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**98%

Use banking services ****44%**

**25%

Television ****28%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**23%

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 Charchaka?

■ Charchaka · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**960

Working population ****47.9%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 76.7% for women. 55% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Other work 101 (19%) · **■** Marginal 406 (76%)

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 Jamboni

- Kapgari1,225 people
- Noharia1,217 people
- Bara Enyata1,175 people
- Tentulia1,114 people
- Chiya Para1,039 people
- Uttar Barashol1,018 people
- Belda1,003 people
- Dhengbahara942 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charchaka?1,108 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charchaka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charchaka?83.0% (Census 2011)