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Chaknath Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Chaknath is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 63 families residing. The Chaknath village has population of 307 of which 165 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaknath village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 8.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaknath village is 861 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaknath as per census is 688, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chaknath village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaknath village was 85.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chaknath Male literacy stands at 93.96 % while female literacy rate was 76.34 %.

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

Chaknath Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 307 165 142
Child (0-6) 27 16 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.71 % 93.96 % 76.34 %
Total Workers 104 100 4
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 36 32 4

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Chaknath village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 65.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.