# Brindaban Chak Village, Kolaghat – Population & Literacy (2)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Brindaban Chak

Brindaban Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **923 people in 201 households**, the 80th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 923people (2011)
- 201households
- 85.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brindaban Chak

Of every 100 households in Brindaban Chak in 2011, 89 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Brindaban Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Brindaban Chak?

■ Brindaban Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**942

Working population ****32.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 75.0% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 70 (23%) · **■** Marginal 180 (60%)

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

- Purbba Manika1,102 people
- Kaliswar1,081 people
- Arisanda991 people
- Dehati928 people
- Kulhanda902 people
- Kshetrahat840 people
- Ghola835 people
- Renubar817 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brindaban Chak?923 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brindaban Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brindaban Chak?85.3% (Census 2011)