# Chaukan, Manbazar - II, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Chaukan

Chaukan is a village in [Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,354 people in 285 households**, the 15th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,354people (2011)
- 285households
- 56.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukan

Of every 100 households in Chaukan in 2011, 19 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaukan · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Chaukan?

■ Chaukan · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**949

Working population ****57.4%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 40.6% for women. 58% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (10%) · **■** Household industry 52 (7%) · **■** Other work 56 (7%) · **■** Marginal 528 (68%)

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

- Boro1,565 people
- Poradi1,503 people
- Bara Mamro1,477 people
- Golapara1,396 people
- Basantapur1,347 people
- Nalkundi1,327 people
- Kumari1,288 people
- Jargarya1,266 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukan?1,354 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukan in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukan?56.0% (Census 2011)