# Kichai Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Kichai

Kichai is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,024 people in 240 households**, the 58th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,024people (2011)
- 240households
- 63.6%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kichai

Of every 100 households in Kichai in 2011, 35 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kichai · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**25%

Television ****15%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****58%**

**58%

Own their home ****91%**

**93%

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 Kichai?

■ Kichai · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**964

Working population ****33.6%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 60.1% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (49%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 59 (17%)

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 Murarai - II

- Aral Basti1,208 people
- Basantapur1,150 people
- Deluha1,068 people
- Dwariapur1,062 people
- Birori981 people
- Bagishpur940 people
- Mahammadpur937 people
- Goalkunda876 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kichai?1,024 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kichai in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kichai?63.6% (Census 2011)