# Chakirban Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Chakirban

Chakirban is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,945 people in 369 households**, the 32nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,945people (2011)
- 369households
- 58.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakirban

Of every 100 households in Chakirban in 2011, 29 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakirban · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

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 Chakirban?

■ Chakirban · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**966

Working population ****36.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 45.1% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 140 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 256 (37%) · **■** Marginal 291 (42%)

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 - II

- Baikata2,124 people
- Jambad2,115 people
- Jalika2,044 people
- Balarampur1,972 people
- Kandhurka Alias Bhabanipur1,873 people
- Mahudal Bazar1,767 people
- Baligara1,731 people
- Kolbandh1,731 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakirban?1,945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakirban in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chakirban?58.0% (Census 2011)