# Chak Majait Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chak Majait

Chak Majait is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **236 people in 46 households**, the 126th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 236people (2011)
- 46households
- 91.3%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Majait

Of every 100 households in Chak Majait in 2011, 25 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Majait · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****77%**

**46%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chak Majait?

■ Chak Majait · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.3%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**932

Working population ****32.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 87.1% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (89%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 3 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Chakdebi354 people
- Kallubar343 people
- Gobardhanpur327 people
- Paschim Jali305 people
- Bankibheri217 people
- Chak Reja213 people
- Raghurampur192 people
- Gopichak129 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Majait?236 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Majait in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Majait?91.3% (Census 2011)