# Kechunia Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Kechunia

Kechunia is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,720 people in 596 households**, the 25th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 2,720people (2011)
- 596households
- 74.2%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kechunia

Of every 100 households in Kechunia in 2011, 32 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kechunia · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**68%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kechunia?

■ Kechunia · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**955

Working population ****31.8%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 68.6% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (22%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (10%) · **■** Marginal 476 (55%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Masundi3,153 people
- Khaspur3,149 people
- Khalipur2,974 people
- Agardanga2,767 people
- Serandi2,683 people
- Raikhan2,678 people
- Khatundi2,671 people
- Kulai2,642 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kechunia?2,720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kechunia in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kechunia?74.2% (Census 2011)