# Eral Chak Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Eral Chak

Eral Chak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **600 people in 158 households**, the 104th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 600people (2011)
- 158households
- 86.1%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Eral Chak

Of every 100 households in Eral Chak in 2011, 12 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Eral Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****43%**

**60%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Eral Chak?

■ Eral Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**942

Working population ****58.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 79.9% for women. 59% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 77 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (15%) · **■** Other work 24 (7%) · **■** Marginal 197 (56%)

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

- Dyaora620 people
- Sangram Chak619 people
- Kholageria616 people
- Rajma604 people
- Nakpura578 people
- Dakshin Kalapunja564 people
- Sitarampur557 people
- Brahman Bar548 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Eral Chak?600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Eral Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Eral Chak?86.1% (Census 2011)