# Chamchaka Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chamchaka

Chamchaka is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,075 people in 191 households**, the 42nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,075people (2011)
- 191households
- 39.7%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamchaka

Of every 100 households in Chamchaka in 2011, 48 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chamchaka · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**80%

Use banking services ****60%**

**30%

Television ****13%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**35%

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 Chamchaka?

■ Chamchaka · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1263**

**973

Working population ****47.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.6% for men and 27.7% for women. 61% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 440 (86%)

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 - II

- Katia1,239 people
- Panrra1,225 people
- Chatrani1,157 people
- Harbaha1,078 people
- Khatanga1,065 people
- Sarjumhatu1,042 people
- Guridi1,008 people
- Nalkapi982 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamchaka?1,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamchaka in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamchaka?39.7% (Census 2011)