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Chakua Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chakua is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 78 families residing. The Chakua village has population of 341 of which 170 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakua village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakua village is 1006 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakua as per census is 913, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chakua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakua village was 51.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chakua Male literacy stands at 68.71 % while female literacy rate was 34.00 %.

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

Chakua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 341 170 171
Child (0-6) 44 23 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 341 170 171
Literacy 51.18 % 68.71 % 34.00 %
Total Workers 188 87 101
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 182 83 99

Caste Factor

In Chakua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Chakua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chakua village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chakua village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 3.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.