# Chak Padu Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chak Padu

Chak Padu is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **631 people in 128 households**, the 95th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 631people (2011)
- 128households
- 97.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Padu

Of every 100 households in Chak Padu in 2011, 0 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Padu · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****45%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Padu?

■ Chak Padu · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**943

Working population ****68.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.9% for men and 96.4% for women. 69% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (5%) · **■** Marginal 219 (50%)

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

- Haripur653 people
- Buran652 people
- Chak Kandu634 people
- Kamalpur632 people
- Dainda625 people
- Barbatia616 people
- Bhat Bar587 people
- Muradpur586 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 Padu?631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Padu in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Padu?97.7% (Census 2011)