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Chakaltor Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chakaltor is a large village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 914 families residing. The Chakaltor village has population of 4461 of which 2306 are males while 2155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakaltor village population of children with age 0-6 is 658 which makes up 14.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakaltor village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakaltor as per census is 958, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chakaltor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakaltor village was 63.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chakaltor Male literacy stands at 77.36 % while female literacy rate was 47.68 %.

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

Chakaltor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 914 - -
Population 4,461 2,306 2,155
Child (0-6) 658 336 322
Schedule Caste 1,532 787 745
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.06 % 77.36 % 47.68 %
Total Workers 1,576 1,148 428
Main Worker 269 - -
Marginal Worker 1,307 908 399

Caste Factor

Chakaltor village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.34 % of total population in Chakaltor village. The village Chakaltor currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chakaltor village out of total population, 1576 were engaged in work activities. 17.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1576 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.