# Chaulkhola Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaulkhola

Chaulkhola is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,567 people in 594 households**, the 16th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,567people (2011)
- 594households
- 86.0%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaulkhola

Of every 100 households in Chaulkhola in 2011, 80 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaulkhola · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**44%

Tap water ****78%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****62%**

**46%

Television ****48%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

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 Chaulkhola?

■ Chaulkhola · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**981

Working population ****39.2%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 80.6% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 234 (23%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 360 (36%) · **■** Marginal 351 (35%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Chak Etbari2,932 people
- Chak Manik2,903 people
- Aima2,727 people
- Godakhali2,725 people
- Sonaria2,506 people
- Laskarpur2,495 people
- Haori2,407 people
- Mohanpur2,393 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaulkhola?2,567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaulkhola in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaulkhola?86.0% (Census 2011)