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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Bankura Chak

Bankura Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **493 people in 103 households**, the 96th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 493people (2011)
- 103households
- 85.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankura Chak

Of every 100 households in Bankura Chak in 2011, 1 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankura Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**61%

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

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****85%**

**44%

Television ****13%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**17%

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 Bankura Chak?

■ Bankura Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**942

Working population ****53.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 78.0% for women. 66% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (12%) · **■** Household industry 41 (16%) · **■** Other work 50 (19%) · **■** Marginal 54 (21%)

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

- Ram Nagar620 people
- Babua605 people
- Chak Gopal576 people
- Uttar Sagarbar543 people
- Jagannathpur484 people
- Bara Barisha475 people
- Chandpur472 people
- Balisar465 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankura Chak?493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankura Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bankura Chak?85.7% (Census 2011)