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Chalunda Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chalunda is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 259 families residing. The Chalunda village has population of 1187 of which 608 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 17.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalunda village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalunda as per census is 1038, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chalunda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalunda village was 72.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chalunda Male literacy stands at 75.60 % while female literacy rate was 69.21 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chalunda 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 Chalunda village.

Chalunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,187 608 579
Child (0-6) 212 104 108
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 252 126 126
Literacy 72.51 % 75.60 % 69.21 %
Total Workers 552 387 165
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 381 234 147

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.23 % of total population in Chalunda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chalunda village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Chalunda village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 30.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.