# Chaka Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Chaka

Chaka is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **353 people in 81 households**, the 154th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 353people (2011)
- 81households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaka

Of every 100 households in Chaka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaka · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****8%**

**50%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaka?

■ Chaka · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**937

Working population ****56.4%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 46.2% for women. 57% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 184 (92%)

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 Kashipur

- Rampur371 people
- Shyambathan364 people
- Pathariagora355 people
- Ghorakata354 people
- Sihika352 people
- Sunra348 people
- Dumdapahari342 people
- Mosla341 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaka?353 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaka in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaka?60.8% (Census 2011)