# Baishnab Chak Village, Nandigram - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Baishnab Chak

Baishnab Chak is a village in Nandigram - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **897 people in 207 households**, the 32nd largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.1%.

- 897people (2011)
- 207households
- 94.9%literacy
- 834females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baishnab Chak

Of every 100 households in Baishnab Chak in 2011, 6 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baishnab Chak · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**37%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**4%

Tap water ****72%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****43%**

**40%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baishnab Chak?

■ Baishnab Chak · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.9%**

**89.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****834**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**933

Working population ****38.0%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 92.9% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 311 (91%)

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 - II

- Narayanchak1,216 people
- Kiyakhali1,112 people
- Pathuria956 people
- Balarampur Part-I914 people
- Naya Chak Bayal600 people
- Tentul Bari591 people
- Thakur Chak445 people
- Dinbhuni Chak423 people

[All 40 villages in Nandigram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baishnab Chak?897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baishnab Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baishnab Chak?94.9% (Census 2011)