# Chaka Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Chaka

Chaka is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,340 people in 483 households**, the 33rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,340people (2011)
- 483households
- 72.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaka

Of every 100 households in Chaka in 2011, 3 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaka · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**37%

Television ****5%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Chaka?

■ Chaka · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**965

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 68.6% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (13%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 393 (52%) · **■** Marginal 223 (30%)

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 Falta

- Nityanandapur2,529 people
- Hangarghata Harishpur2,505 people
- Kantalfuli2,429 people
- Srirampur2,353 people
- Niyogirat2,314 people
- Barasat2,277 people
- Badegahara2,257 people
- Basudebpur2,234 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaka?2,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaka in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaka?72.5% (Census 2011)