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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kaji Chak

Kaji Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,159 people in 271 households**, the 73rd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,159people (2011)
- 271households
- 81.4%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaji Chak

Of every 100 households in Kaji Chak in 2011, 44 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaji Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**44%

Television ****11%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kaji Chak?

■ Kaji Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**942

Working population ****44.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 72.3% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (21%) · **■** Household industry 38 (7%) · **■** Other work 152 (30%) · **■** Marginal 184 (36%)

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

- Kulia1,217 people
- Amir Chak1,201 people
- Nankar Banka Dangar1,193 people
- Padima Chak1,160 people
- Payag1,152 people
- Manoharpur1,150 people
- Purbba Manika1,102 people
- Kaliswar1,081 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaji Chak?1,159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaji Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaji Chak?81.4% (Census 2011)