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Chak Balaram Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chak Balaram is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 275 families residing. The Chak Balaram village has population of 1183 of which 617 are males while 566 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chak Balaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 13.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chak Balaram village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chak Balaram as per census is 793, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chak Balaram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chak Balaram village was 57.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chak Balaram Male literacy stands at 67.55 % while female literacy rate was 47.08 %.

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

Chak Balaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,183 617 566
Child (0-6) 156 87 69
Schedule Caste 147 79 68
Schedule Tribe 857 442 415
Literacy 57.64 % 67.55 % 47.08 %
Total Workers 706 356 350
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 242 65 177

Caste Factor

In Chak Balaram village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.44 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.43 % of total population in Chak Balaram village.

Work Profile

In Chak Balaram village out of total population, 706 were engaged in work activities. 65.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 706 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 359 were Agricultural labourer.