# Brindaban Chak Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Brindaban Chak

Brindaban Chak is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,757 people in 324 households**, the 40th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 1,757people (2011)
- 324households
- 79.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brindaban Chak

Of every 100 households in Brindaban Chak in 2011, 47 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Brindaban Chak · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**11%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**31%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**922

Working population ****31.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 72.6% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 116 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (5%) · **■** Household industry 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 173 (31%) · **■** Marginal 199 (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 Nandigram - I

- Jambari1,828 people
- Jalpai Part V1,809 people
- Habibpur1,772 people
- Mann Chak Jalpai1,769 people
- Amtalya1,747 people
- Parul Bari1,718 people
- Banasri Gauri1,696 people
- Chandan Nagar1,670 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brindaban Chak?1,757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brindaban Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brindaban Chak?79.9% (Census 2011)