# Kechanda Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Kechanda

Kechanda is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,011 people in 218 households**, the 34th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,011people (2011)
- 218households
- 70.9%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kechanda

Of every 100 households in Kechanda in 2011, 28 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kechanda · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****43%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****50%**

**57%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kechanda?

■ Kechanda · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**940

Working population ****36.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 57.2% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (14%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 138 (38%) · **■** Marginal 94 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Khatra

- Bhedua1,035 people
- Ban Bedia1,028 people
- Jasara1,027 people
- Amdoba1,025 people
- Sikrabad952 people
- Debua905 people
- Baramatiala903 people
- Hazamdihi894 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kechanda?1,011 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kechanda in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kechanda?70.9% (Census 2011)