# Chak Garupota Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Chak Garupota

Chak Garupota is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,601 people in 381 households**, the 53rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,601people (2011)
- 381households
- 85.8%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Garupota

Of every 100 households in Chak Garupota in 2011, 68 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Garupota · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**20%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**45%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Garupota?

■ Chak Garupota · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****785**

**972

Working population ****45.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 79.9% for women. 59% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (18%) · **■** Household industry 53 (7%) · **■** Other work 190 (26%) · **■** Marginal 325 (44%)

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 Tamluk

- Ranichak1,871 people
- Srikanthakalaganda1,859 people
- Laichhanpur1,857 people
- Madanmohanchak1,663 people
- Bhubunkalua1,540 people
- Lohanda1,515 people
- Barbasanta1,511 people
- Salikadamodarpur1,487 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Garupota?1,601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Garupota in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Garupota?85.8% (Census 2011)