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Chawki Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Chawki is a medium size village located in Burwan Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 158 families residing. The Chawki village has population of 611 of which 307 are males while 304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chawki village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 12.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chawki village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chawki as per census is 1265, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chawki village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chawki village was 70.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chawki Male literacy stands at 79.12 % while female literacy rate was 62.45 %.

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

Chawki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 158 - -
Population 611 307 304
Child (0-6) 77 34 43
Schedule Caste 287 143 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.97 % 79.12 % 62.45 %
Total Workers 209 194 15
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 20 14 6

Caste Factor

In Chawki village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.97 % of total population in Chawki village. The village Chawki currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chawki village out of total population, 209 were engaged in work activities. 90.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 209 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.