# Chakda Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Chakda

Chakda is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,275 people in 657 households**, the 9th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 3,275people (2011)
- 657households
- 73.5%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakda

Of every 100 households in Chakda in 2011, 64 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chakda · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**84%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****35%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

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 Chakda?

■ Chakda · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**934

Working population ****30.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 59.1% for women. 50% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (2%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 696 (71%) · **■** Marginal 201 (20%)

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 Purulia - I

- Sindri3,957 people
- Manguria3,808 people
- Suklara3,730 people
- Damda3,302 people
- Belkundi3,183 people
- Kotloi3,151 people
- Ghagharjuri3,092 people
- Chakra2,987 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakda?3,275 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakda in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakda?73.5% (Census 2011)