# Chhoto Bakad Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/chhoto-bakad/

Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Chhoto Bakad

Chhoto Bakad is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 259 households**, the 28th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 259households
- 61.1%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhoto Bakad

Of every 100 households in Chhoto Bakad in 2011, 50 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhoto Bakad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****17%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chhoto Bakad?

■ Chhoto Bakad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**946

Working population ****52.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 49.7% for women. 52% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (32%) · **■** Household industry 36 (6%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 275 (43%)

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

- Dulmi1,317 people
- Hepad1,315 people
- Brajapur1,271 people
- Nayadi1,246 people
- Kuki1,220 people
- Dumardi1,184 people
- Orddana1,170 people
- Nayadi Alias Koradi1,168 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhoto Bakad?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhoto Bakad in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhoto Bakad?61.1% (Census 2011)