# Dhaka Chora Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhaka Chora

Dhaka Chora is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **269 people in 74 households**, the 145th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 269people (2011)
- 74households
- 81.5%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhaka Chora

Of every 100 households in Dhaka Chora in 2011, 69 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dhaka Chora · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**10%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****93%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dhaka Chora?

■ Dhaka Chora · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**934

Working population ****71.7%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 73.9% for women. 75% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (8%) · **■** Marginal 113 (59%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Kalupur297 people
- Harma Shani290 people
- Jamalpur284 people
- Shyampur278 people
- Nata Talya264 people
- Gopal Chak255 people
- Chhota Daulatpur246 people
- Haripur196 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhaka Chora?269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhaka Chora in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhaka Chora?81.5% (Census 2011)