Chalka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chalka is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 29 families residing. The Chalka village has population of 215 of which 115 are males while 100 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chalka village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 16.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chalka village is 870 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chalka as per census is 842, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chalka village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chalka village was 77.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chalka Male literacy stands at 86.46 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Chalka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	215	115	100
Child (0-6)	35	19	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	213	114	99
Literacy	77.22 %	86.46 %	66.67 %
Total Workers	120	65	55
Main Worker	4	-	-
Marginal Worker	116	61	55

Caste Factor

In Chalka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.07 % of total population in Chalka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chalka village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chalka village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 3.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.