# Chahaka Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Chahaka

Chahaka is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **623 people in 123 households**, the 78th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 623people (2011)
- 123households
- 88.2%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chahaka

Of every 100 households in Chahaka in 2011, 54 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chahaka · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**46%

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

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****14%**

**45%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chahaka?

■ Chahaka · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****615**

**981

Working population ****44.9%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 78.0% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 143 (51%)

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 Ramnagar - II

- Sona Muhi712 people
- Dakshin Kalayanpur711 people
- Kalikapur675 people
- Chakghuli628 people
- Uttar Maithuna613 people
- Uttar Kachua577 people
- Bali Pukhuria564 people
- Keshabpur539 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chahaka?623 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chahaka in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chahaka?88.2% (Census 2011)