# Chaknan Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Chaknan

Chaknan is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,961 people in 379 households**, the 31st largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,961people (2011)
- 379households
- 92.1%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaknan

Of every 100 households in Chaknan in 2011, 57 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaknan · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**8%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**30%

Television ****24%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaknan?

■ Chaknan · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**925

Working population ****43.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 88.5% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 304 (36%) · **■** Marginal 519 (61%)

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

- Gomutha2,146 people
- Nar2,100 people
- Neturia2,053 people
- Batnan2,014 people
- Gokhari1,900 people
- Kulapara1,894 people
- Habi Chak1,887 people
- Gobardhanpur1,826 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaknan?1,961 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaknan in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaknan?92.1% (Census 2011)