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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kishor Chak

Kishor Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,931 people in 843 households**, the 13th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 3,931people (2011)
- 843households
- 78.5%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kishor Chak

Of every 100 households in Kishor Chak in 2011, 71 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kishor Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**44%

Television ****27%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**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 Kishor Chak?

■ Kishor Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**942

Working population ****43.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 70.0% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (10%) · **■** Household industry 272 (16%) · **■** Other work 411 (24%) · **■** Marginal 648 (38%)

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

- Rain5,329 people
- Raksa Chak4,308 people
- Mandar Gachha4,204 people
- Paramanandapur4,002 people
- Sulani3,746 people
- Bathan Berya3,689 people
- Machhinan3,638 people
- Faridpur3,619 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kishor Chak?3,931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kishor Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kishor Chak?78.5% (Census 2011)