# Choukai Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Choukai

Choukai is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,953 people in 519 households**, the 24th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 31.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 2,953people (2011)
- 519households
- 31.2%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Choukai

Of every 100 households in Choukai in 2011, 30 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Choukai · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**51%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****15%**

**17%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**31%

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 Choukai?

■ Choukai · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****31.2%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**958

Working population ****32.9%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 36.4% for men and 25.9% for women. 45% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 261 (27%) · **■** Other work 16 (2%) · **■** Marginal 626 (64%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Puar3,171 people
- Amalia3,121 people
- Bijulia3,107 people
- Banka Dumaria3,056 people
- Majra2,761 people
- Mirjadpur2,554 people
- Chitaura2,533 people
- Dakshin Neamatpur2,509 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Choukai?2,953 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Choukai in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Choukai?31.2% (Census 2011)