# Kalya Chak Village, Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalya Chak

Kalya Chak is a village in Khejuri - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,367 people in 296 households**, the 31st largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.9%.

- 1,367people (2011)
- 296households
- 92.7%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalya Chak

Of every 100 households in Kalya Chak in 2011, 22 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalya Chak · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**3%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kalya Chak?

■ Kalya Chak · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.7%**

**88.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**925

Working population ****38.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 89.9% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (5%) · **■** Household industry 19 (4%) · **■** Other work 87 (17%) · **■** Marginal 344 (66%)

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 Khejuri - I

- Kharar Kharan1,641 people
- Dihierench1,553 people
- Bali Chak1,504 people
- Keuchia1,424 people
- Golabari1,224 people
- Thakur Chak982 people
- Debi Chak976 people
- Mitra Chak920 people

[All 42 villages in Khejuri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalya Chak?1,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalya Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalya Chak?92.7% (Census 2011)