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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Chakra

Chakra is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,987 people in 526 households**, the 13th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,987people (2011)
- 526households
- 68.0%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakra

Of every 100 households in Chakra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chakra · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****38%**

**44%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Chakra?

■ Chakra · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**934

Working population ****39.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 54.2% for women. 55% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 456 (39%) · **■** Marginal 505 (43%)

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

- Chakda3,275 people
- Belkundi3,183 people
- Kotloi3,151 people
- Ghagharjuri3,092 people
- Sanaijuri2,985 people
- Nadiyara2,912 people
- Rudra2,659 people
- Simulia2,659 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakra?2,987 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakra?68.0% (Census 2011)