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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Ray Chak

Ray Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,394 people in 278 households**, the 64th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,394people (2011)
- 278households
- 86.0%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ray Chak

Of every 100 households in Ray Chak in 2011, 63 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ray Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**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 Ray Chak?

■ Ray Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**942

Working population ****38.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 77.6% for women. 67% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (11%) · **■** Household industry 43 (8%) · **■** Other work 202 (37%) · **■** Marginal 59 (11%)

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

- Baksitala1,501 people
- Nahala1,420 people
- Purbba Bahala1,405 people
- Krishna Nagar1,399 people
- Uttar Markandapur1,381 people
- Khadinan1,371 people
- Purbba Saoraberya1,293 people
- Betberya1,249 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ray Chak?1,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ray Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ray Chak?86.0% (Census 2011)