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Chaknan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Chaknan is a medium size village located in Chandipur Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 379 families residing. The Chaknan village has population of 1961 of which 1024 are males while 937 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaknan village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 12.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaknan village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaknan as per census is 1008, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chaknan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaknan village was 92.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chaknan Male literacy stands at 95.34 % while female literacy rate was 88.45 %.

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

Chaknan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,961 1,024 937
Child (0-6) 245 122 123
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.07 % 95.34 % 88.45 %
Total Workers 856 595 261
Main Worker 337 - -
Marginal Worker 519 278 241

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Chaknan village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Chaknan village out of total population, 856 were engaged in work activities. 39.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 856 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.