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Chamchaka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chamchaka is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 191 families residing. The Chamchaka village has population of 1075 of which 555 are males while 520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chamchaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 12.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chamchaka village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chamchaka as per census is 1263, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chamchaka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chamchaka village was 39.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chamchaka Male literacy stands at 50.60 % while female literacy rate was 27.68 %.

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

Chamchaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 1,075 555 520
Child (0-6) 129 57 72
Schedule Caste 385 201 184
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 39.75 % 50.60 % 27.68 %
Total Workers 512 341 171
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 440 272 168

Caste Factor

In Chamchaka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.81 % of total population in Chamchaka village. The village Chamchaka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chamchaka village out of total population, 512 were engaged in work activities. 14.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 512 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.