# Chakalta Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Chakalta

Chakalta is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,538 people in 283 households**, the 29th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,538people (2011)
- 283households
- 69.7%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakalta

Of every 100 households in Chakalta in 2011, 45 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chakalta · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**84%

Use banking services ****43%**

**50%

Television ****31%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**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 Chakalta?

■ Chakalta · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**937

Working population ****31.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 59.8% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (12%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 319 (67%) · **■** Marginal 89 (19%)

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

- Damankiari1,680 people
- Lalpur Alias Jorthol1,654 people
- Kalapathar1,649 people
- Sonathol1,586 people
- Jekro Alias Panchagora1,534 people
- Rajra1,532 people
- Seja1,531 people
- Kalloli1,524 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakalta?1,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakalta in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakalta?69.7% (Census 2011)