# Chakulia Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Chakulia

Chakulia is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,417 people in 282 households**, the 30th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,417people (2011)
- 282households
- 42.9%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakulia

Of every 100 households in Chakulia in 2011, 32 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakulia · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**97%

Tap water ****7%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**89%

Use banking services ****50%**

**39%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Chakulia?

■ Chakulia · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.9%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1178**

**939

Working population ****40.9%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.4% for men and 28.1% for women. 49% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (17%) · **■** Household industry 46 (8%) · **■** Other work 41 (7%) · **■** Marginal 384 (66%)

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 Balarampur

- Hanspur1,585 people
- Ruchap1,566 people
- Parbad Kashitanr1,521 people
- Dumari1,484 people
- Bhalubasa1,372 people
- Deuli1,349 people
- Maldi1,327 people
- Baraha Chatarma1,306 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakulia?1,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakulia in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakulia?42.9% (Census 2011)