# Chakalta Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Chakalta

Chakalta is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,054 people in 438 households**, the 22nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,054people (2011)
- 438households
- 68.6%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakalta

Of every 100 households in Chakalta in 2011, 32 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakalta · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**75%

Use banking services ****34%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chakalta?

■ Chakalta · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**954

Working population ****47.4%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 54.8% for women. 55% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 484 (50%) · **■** Other work 122 (13%) · **■** Marginal 229 (24%)

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 Hura

- Hatikundar2,125 people
- Kulgara2,075 people
- Jabrra2,073 people
- Kaliabasa2,064 people
- Jambad2,019 people
- Pakhuria1,929 people
- Matipur1,914 people
- Chatumatar1,842 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakalta?2,054 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakalta in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakalta?68.6% (Census 2011)