Chaktor Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chaktor is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 43 families residing. The Chaktor village has population of 282 of which 135 are males while 147 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaktor village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 16.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaktor village is 1089 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaktor as per census is 958, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chaktor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaktor village was 75.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chaktor Male literacy stands at 81.98 % while female literacy rate was 70.16 %.

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

Chaktor Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	43	-	-
Population	282	135	147
Child (0-6)	47	24	23
Schedule Caste	211	106	105
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.74 %	81.98 %	70.16 %
Total Workers	129	60	69
Main Worker	11	-	-
Marginal Worker	118	52	66

Caste Factor

In Chaktor village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.82 % of total population in Chaktor village. The village Chaktor currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaktor village out of total population, 129 were engaged in work activities. 8.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 129 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.