# Chak Kerayari, Jhalda - I, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Chak Kerayari

Chak Kerayari is a village in [Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **780 people in 173 households**, the 64th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 780people (2011)
- 173households
- 51.3%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Kerayari

Of every 100 households in Chak Kerayari in 2011, 56 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Kerayari · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

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 Chak Kerayari?

■ Chak Kerayari · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.3%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**946

Working population ****55.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 33.3% for women. 55% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 90 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 287 (66%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 51 (12%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Patmadi841 people
- Gokulnagar835 people
- Dulla808 people
- Olgara807 people
- Metyala775 people
- Merend759 people
- Magha758 people
- Jojuhatu754 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Kerayari?780 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Kerayari in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Kerayari?51.3% (Census 2011)