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Chakkeshi Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Chakkeshi is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 378 families residing. The Chakkeshi village has population of 1421 of which 688 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chakkeshi village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chakkeshi village is 1065 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chakkeshi as per census is 1152, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chakkeshi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chakkeshi village was 72.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chakkeshi Male literacy stands at 82.10 % while female literacy rate was 64.33 %.

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

Chakkeshi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,421 688 733
Child (0-6) 170 79 91
Schedule Caste 279 129 150
Schedule Tribe 506 241 265
Literacy 72.98 % 82.10 % 64.33 %
Total Workers 792 431 361
Main Worker 487 - -
Marginal Worker 305 55 250

Caste Factor

In Chakkeshi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 19.63 % of total population in Chakkeshi village.

Work Profile

In Chakkeshi village out of total population, 792 were engaged in work activities. 61.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 792 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.