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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jalchak

Jalchak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,793 people in 1,630 households**, the 2nd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 6,793people (2011)
- 1,630households
- 84.6%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalchak

Of every 100 households in Jalchak in 2011, 32 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalchak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****70%**

**60%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Jalchak?

■ Jalchak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**942

Working population ****46.9%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 80.0% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 552 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 563 (18%) · **■** Household industry 121 (4%) · **■** Other work 638 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1,310 (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 Pingla

- Maligram11,337 people
- Kshirai6,427 people
- Pingla5,253 people
- Dangalsa5,190 people
- Pindrui4,384 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalchak?6,793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalchak?84.6% (Census 2011)