# Chalka Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Chalka

Chalka is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **944 people in 180 households**, the 40th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 944people (2011)
- 180households
- 63.6%literacy
- 1,084females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalka

Of every 100 households in Chalka in 2011, 24 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chalka · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chalka?

■ Chalka · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**949

Working population ****59.1%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 47.5% for women. 60% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 122 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (21%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 300 (54%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Jaora1,024 people
- Bundia983 people
- Aguibil978 people
- Toparbad966 people
- Chandanpur940 people
- Chirugara924 people
- Jorobari921 people
- Danrika Doba908 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalka?944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalka in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalka?63.6% (Census 2011)