# Alichak Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Alichak

Alichak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **239 people in 53 households**, the 155th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 239people (2011)
- 53households
- 77.6%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alichak

Of every 100 households in Alichak in 2011, 80 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Alichak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**60%

Television ****34%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Alichak?

■ Alichak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**942

Working population ****63.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 66.3% for women. 66% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 94 (62%)

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 Pingla

- Bahadurpur249 people
- Tegerya244 people
- Phalashpur243 people
- Chak Kasim240 people
- Krishnapriya237 people
- Shan Teghari219 people
- Gobinda Chak216 people
- Pukuria Chaitanyapur192 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alichak?239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alichak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alichak?77.6% (Census 2011)