# Baishnab Chak Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Baishnab Chak

Baishnab Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,760 people in 356 households**, the 55th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,760people (2011)
- 356households
- 90.3%literacy
- 818females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baishnab Chak

Of every 100 households in Baishnab Chak in 2011, 83 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baishnab Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****70%**

**44%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

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 Baishnab Chak?

■ Baishnab Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.3%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****818**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****763**

**942

Working population ****34.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.7% for men and 82.6% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (11%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 280 (46%) · **■** Marginal 132 (22%)

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 Kolaghat

- Dhuliara1,899 people
- Kayadangi1,874 people
- Gopal Nagar1,860 people
- Nijkhayra1,829 people
- Sarada Basan1,666 people
- Patharia1,665 people
- Kismat Khayra1,638 people
- Ramchandrapur1,541 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baishnab Chak?1,760 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baishnab Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baishnab Chak?90.3% (Census 2011)