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Chakra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chakra is a large village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 526 families residing. The Chakra village has population of 2987 of which 1506 are males while 1481 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakra village population of children with age 0-6 is 416 which makes up 13.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakra village is 983 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakra as per census is 972, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chakra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakra village was 68.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chakra Male literacy stands at 81.62 % while female literacy rate was 54.23 %.

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

Chakra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 526 - -
Population 2,987 1,506 1,481
Child (0-6) 416 211 205
Schedule Caste 603 311 292
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.03 % 81.62 % 54.23 %
Total Workers 1,178 826 352
Main Worker 673 - -
Marginal Worker 505 270 235

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.19 % of total population in Chakra village. The village Chakra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chakra village out of total population, 1178 were engaged in work activities. 57.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1178 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.