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Chakla Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chakla is a medium size village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 355 families residing. The Chakla village has population of 1549 of which 796 are males while 753 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakla village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakla village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakla as per census is 1059, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chakla village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakla village was 75.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chakla Male literacy stands at 81.29 % while female literacy rate was 69.23 %.

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

Chakla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 1,549 796 753
Child (0-6) 175 85 90
Schedule Caste 11 5 6
Schedule Tribe 173 79 94
Literacy 75.47 % 81.29 % 69.23 %
Total Workers 643 418 225
Main Worker 403 - -
Marginal Worker 240 38 202

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.17 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.71 % of total population in Chakla village.

Work Profile

In Chakla village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 62.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.