# Chirakuti Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chirakuti

Chirakuti is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,291 people in 286 households**, the 8th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,291people (2011)
- 286households
- 73.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chirakuti

Of every 100 households in Chirakuti in 2011, 12 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chirakuti · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****58%**

**51%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Chirakuti?

■ Chirakuti · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**973

Working population ****55.6%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 62.1% for women. 62% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 239 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (24%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 301 (42%)

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 Sankrail

- Baligerya1,843 people
- Rohini1,691 people
- Dakshin Danrya1,326 people
- Dumuria Shrishbani1,320 people
- Jangal Kurachi1,280 people
- Ranjitpur1,216 people
- Bhamal1,161 people
- Naihati1,143 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chirakuti?1,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirakuti in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chirakuti?73.4% (Census 2011)