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Chorkhana Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Chorkhana is a medium size village located in Sitai Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 232 families residing. The Chorkhana village has population of 896 of which 444 are males while 452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chorkhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 10.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chorkhana village is 1018 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chorkhana as per census is 846, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chorkhana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chorkhana village was 54.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chorkhana Male literacy stands at 59.69 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Chorkhana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 896 444 452
Child (0-6) 96 52 44
Schedule Caste 888 440 448
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.75 % 59.69 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 499 297 202
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 299 141 158

Caste Factor

In Chorkhana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.11 % of total population in Chorkhana village. The village Chorkhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chorkhana village out of total population, 499 were engaged in work activities. 40.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 499 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.