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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chak Sagar

Chak Sagar is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **496 people in 114 households**, the 112th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 496people (2011)
- 114households
- 91.4%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Sagar

Of every 100 households in Chak Sagar in 2011, 10 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Sagar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****80%**

**46%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sagar?

■ Chak Sagar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**932

Working population ****36.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 87.3% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (7%) · **■** Household industry 11 (6%) · **■** Other work 45 (25%) · **■** Marginal 35 (19%)

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

- Ramchak512 people
- Pitambarpur509 people
- Gopalband506 people
- Basudebpur501 people
- Nankar Kadamgerya486 people
- Naria Naria478 people
- Purulia472 people
- Danrai449 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 Sagar?496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Sagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Sagar?91.4% (Census 2011)