# Asit Chak Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Asit Chak

Asit Chak is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,455 people in 518 households**, the 21st largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,455people (2011)
- 518households
- 89.7%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asit Chak

Of every 100 households in Asit Chak in 2011, 27 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asit Chak · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****49%**

**33%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

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 Asit Chak?

■ Asit Chak · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**953

Working population ****45.9%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 83.8% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (27%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (6%) · **■** Marginal 466 (41%)

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 Egra - II

- Maheshpur2,642 people
- Urdhabpur2,610 people
- Rajendra Chak2,483 people
- Kamalpur2,463 people
- Ganeshwarpur2,135 people
- Bara Nidhi2,097 people
- Laskarpur2,079 people
- Debidaspur2,015 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asit Chak?2,455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asit Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asit Chak?89.7% (Census 2011)