# Chak Purulia Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Chak Purulia

Chak Purulia is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,022 people in 220 households**, the 64th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,022people (2011)
- 220households
- 93.9%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Purulia

Of every 100 households in Chak Purulia in 2011, 33 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chak Purulia · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**44%

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

**89%

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

**8%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Chak Purulia?

■ Chak Purulia · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.9%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****691**

**925

Working population ****32.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 89.7% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 33 (10%) · **■** Other work 89 (26%) · **■** Marginal 183 (54%)

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 Chandipur

- Baroj1,054 people
- Chak Patna1,054 people
- Nankar Chak1,027 people
- Purba Birampur1,026 people
- Gholda1,001 people
- Dalbar976 people
- Pinchhalda955 people
- Burunda886 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Purulia?1,022 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Purulia in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Purulia?93.9% (Census 2011)