Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Chak Reja

Chak Reja is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 213 people in 50 households, the 128th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 213 people (2011)
- 50 households
- 90.5% literacy
- 1,130 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Reja

Of every 100 households in Chak Reja in 2011, 2 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Reja · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 39%
- Toilet within the home 98% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 4%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 90% 46%
- Television 2% 12%
- Mobile phone 0% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 0% 30%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chak Reja?

■ Chak Reja · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 90.5% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1130 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1429 932
- Working population 30.5% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.8% for men and 82.8% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 21 (32%) · ■ Farm labourers 30 (46%) · ■ Household industry 3 (5%) · ■ Marginal 11 (17%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Gobardhanpur 327 people
- Paschim Jali 305 people
- Chak Majait 236 people
- Bankibheri 217 people
- Raghurampur 192 people
- Gopichak 129 people
- Sarbhum 120 people
- Sahapur 93 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chak Reja? 213 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Reja in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Reja? 90.5% (Census 2011)

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