Chakla Population, Caste, Working Data Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Chakla is a village situated in Harirampur block of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 355 families residing in the village Chakla. The total population of Chakla is 1,549 out of which 796 are males and 753 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Chakla is 946.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Chakla village is 175 which is 11% of the total population. There are 85 male children and 90 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Chakla is 1,059 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (946) of Chakla village.

Population
1,549
Families
355
Literacy
75.47%
Sex Ratio
946

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Chakla is 75.5%. Thus Chakla village has higher literacy rate compared to 64.6% of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The male literacy rate is 81.29% and the female literacy rate is 69.23% in Chakla village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Chakla village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Chakla Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Chakla village.

Total Male Female
Children 175 85 90
Literacy 75.47% 81.29% 69.23%
Scheduled Caste 11 5 6
Scheduled Tribe 173 79 94
Illiterate 512 218 294

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.2% of total population in Chakla village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Chakla village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 62.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 403 380 23
Cultivators 307 298 9
Agriculture Labourer 76 72 4
Household Industries 3 0 3
Other Workers 17 10 7
Marginal Workers 240 38 202
Non Working 906 378 528

Nearby Villages to Chakla,

Below are the list of villages near Chakla village in Harirampur.

Village Population
Maliari 538
Maliandighi 1,202
Bimalanandapur 656
Bagulahar 826
Parmahasu 581
Raghunathpur 25
Raynagar 958
Bahirdhanjor 919
Ranthail 537
Kasba 1,123

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