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Chaka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chaka is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 81 families residing. The Chaka village has population of 353 of which 175 are males while 178 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 10.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaka village is 1017 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaka as per census is 1176, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chaka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaka village was 60.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chaka Male literacy stands at 75.32 % while female literacy rate was 46.20 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chaka village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chaka village.

Chaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 353 175 178
Child (0-6) 37 17 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 351 175 176
Literacy 60.76 % 75.32 % 46.20 %
Total Workers 199 100 99
Main Worker 15 - -
Marginal Worker 184 87 97

Caste Factor

In Chaka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.43 % of total population in Chaka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chaka village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chaka village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 7.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.