# Chaknarayan Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chaknarayan

Chaknarayan is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **330 people in 88 households**, the 173rd largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 330people (2011)
- 88households
- 68.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaknarayan

Of every 100 households in Chaknarayan in 2011, 87 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaknarayan · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**26%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****49%**

**42%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Chaknarayan?

■ Chaknarayan · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1583**

**970

Working population ****34.5%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 59.4% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (69%) · **■** Other work 9 (8%) · **■** Marginal 15 (13%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Chak Dandi340 people
- Paisiti339 people
- Shalika338 people
- Fatemahammad335 people
- Maisar330 people
- Panisiuli330 people
- Saiyadhosenchak330 people
- Chaksatbangi327 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaknarayan?330 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaknarayan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaknarayan?68.9% (Census 2011)