# Chaktor Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Chaktor

Chaktor is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **282 people in 43 households**, the 102nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 282people (2011)
- 43households
- 75.7%literacy
- 1,089females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaktor

Of every 100 households in Chaktor in 2011, 14 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaktor · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**8%

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

**2%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****65%**

**47%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

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 Chaktor?

■ Chaktor · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1089**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**968

Working population ****45.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 70.2% for women. 44% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 118 (91%)

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 Para

- Kantabani494 people
- Dhagora460 people
- Chautala362 people
- Beryadi301 people
- Rameshwardi268 people
- Chalka215 people
- Goaladi214 people
- Manipur192 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaktor?282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaktor in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaktor?75.7% (Census 2011)