# Chak Mahammad Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy (2)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chak Mahammad

Chak Mahammad is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **160 people in 41 households**, the 134th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 160people (2011)
- 41households
- 92.4%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Mahammad

Of every 100 households in Chak Mahammad in 2011, 37 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Mahammad · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**97%

Use banking services ****46%**

**36%

Television ****34%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**21%

Own their home ****78%**

**97%

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 Mahammad?

■ Chak Mahammad · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**943

Working population ****40.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 86.8% for women. 63% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 27 (42%) · **■** Marginal 23 (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 Potashpur - II

- Agarbheri Benachal210 people
- Chak Maruj195 people
- Ballavpur178 people
- Chakkalika167 people
- Chakbeli158 people
- Kalsi157 people
- Chakghano139 people
- Rangamatia135 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Mahammad?160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Mahammad in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Mahammad?92.4% (Census 2011)