Chakia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chakia is a medium size village located in Puncha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 130 families residing. The Chakia village has population of 514 of which 255 are males while 259 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakia village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 15.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakia village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakia as per census is 1194, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chakia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakia village was 56.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chakia Male literacy stands at 74.43 % while female literacy rate was 37.50 %.

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

Chakia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	130	-	-
Population	514	255	259
Child (0-6)	79	36	43
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	510	252	258
Literacy	56.09 %	74.43 %	37.50 %
Total Workers	260	141	119
Main Worker	259	-	-
Marginal Worker	1	1	0

Caste Factor

In Chakia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.22 % of total population in Chakia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chakia village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chakia village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 99.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 256 were Agricultural labourer.