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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Surat Chak

Surat Chak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,289 people in 314 households**, the 41st largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,289people (2011)
- 314households
- 88.9%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surat Chak

Of every 100 households in Surat Chak in 2011, 17 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Surat Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**41%

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

**66%

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

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****34%**

**60%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Surat Chak?

■ Surat Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**942

Working population ****62.7%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 82.4% for women. 64% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 280 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (13%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 155 (19%) · **■** Marginal 256 (32%)

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

- Panchthupi1,486 people
- Kultapara1,452 people
- Rautarapur1,425 people
- Ujan1,415 people
- Naratha1,284 people
- Makarda1,282 people
- Harma1,275 people
- Ghoramara1,259 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surat Chak?1,289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surat Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Surat Chak?88.9% (Census 2011)