Chechakhata is a

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in the

Alipurduar I Alipurduar I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Alipurduar Railway Junction is located at . The ...

CD block in the

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of the

Alipurduar district Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and no ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Chechakhata is a census town of Alipurduar. Chechakhata is situated from Alipurduar main city about 3.5 km.

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the

Dooars The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...

in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the

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in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the urban areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in rural areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. 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.

Demographics

According to the

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, Chechakata had a total population of 7,613 of which 3,870 (51%) were males and 3,743 (49%) were females. There were 586 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Chechakata was 6,392 (90.54% of the population over 6 years). India

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, Chechakhata had a population of 6847. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chechakhata has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 88% and female literacy of 79%. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri'', Chechakhata covered an area of 1.44 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 35 km roads, with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, borewell, tubewell. It had 2,256 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 2 dispensaries/ health centres. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school.

References

Cities and towns in Alipurduar district {{Alipurduar-geo-stub