Chakchaka | |
Settlement Type: | Census Town |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 26.3327°N 89.4789°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Cooch Behar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 4.4936 |
Population Total: | 8582 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 736156 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
Area Code: | 03582 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Cooch Behar |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Cooch Behar Dakshin |
Chakchaka is a census town and gram panchayat in the Cooch Behar II CD block in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Chakchaka is located at 26.3327°N 89.4789°W.
The map alongside shows the north-central part of the district. It has the highest level of urbanisation in an overwhelming rural district. 22.08% of the population of the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision lives in the urban areas and 77.92% lives in the rural areas.[1] The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.[2] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
As per the 2011 Census of India, Chakchaka had a total population of 8,582. There were 4,426 (52%) males and 4,156 (48%) females. There were 769 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Chakchaka was 7,051 (90.25% of the population over 6 years).[3]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Koch Bihar, Chakchaka covered an area of 4.4936 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources and hand pumps. It had 826 electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 maternity and child welfare centres, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home. Among the educational facilities, it had 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest general degree college is at Cooch Behar 4 km away.[4]