# Chunakhali Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chunakhali

Chunakhali is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,241 people in 1,888 households**, the 10th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 9,241people (2011)
- 1,888households
- 59.5%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chunakhali

Of every 100 households in Chunakhali in 2011, 6 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chunakhali · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**57%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****64%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chunakhali?

■ Chunakhali · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**68.1%

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

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**971

Working population ****38.2%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 50.0% for women. 54% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 346 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,109 (31%) · **■** Household industry 60 (2%) · **■** Other work 318 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,700 (48%)

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 Basanti

- Goran Bose12,642 people
- Kumarkhali12,021 people
- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Dhuri9,411 people
- Tilkumar8,943 people
- Ramchandrakhali7,849 people
- Chatrakhali7,208 people
- Lebukhali6,973 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chunakhali?9,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chunakhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chunakhali?59.5% (Census 2011)