# Chawrakalganda Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Chawrakalganda

Chawrakalganda is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,124 people in 563 households**, the 36th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,124people (2011)
- 563households
- 81.9%literacy
- 1,133females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chawrakalganda

Of every 100 households in Chawrakalganda in 2011, 39 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chawrakalganda · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**20%

Tap water ****34%**

**15%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****9%**

**45%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chawrakalganda?

■ Chawrakalganda · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1133**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1289**

**972

Working population ****42.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 73.3% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 257 (29%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 65 (7%) · **■** Marginal 368 (41%)

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

- Jay Krishnapur2,281 people
- Kalikapur2,208 people
- Naki Basan2,204 people
- Chatradari2,172 people
- Chak Srikrishnapur2,100 people
- Bhandarberya2,095 people
- Naikurijagannath Chak-I2,045 people
- Hijalberya2,040 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chawrakalganda?2,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chawrakalganda in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chawrakalganda?81.9% (Census 2011)