# Kuchighata Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Kuchighata

Kuchighata is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,848 people in 644 households**, the 7th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,848people (2011)
- 644households
- 78.7%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuchighata

Of every 100 households in Kuchighata in 2011, 49 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuchighata · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**82%

Tap water ****25%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**85%

Use banking services ****79%**

**57%

Television ****31%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****85%**

**95%

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 Kuchighata?

■ Kuchighata · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**961

Working population ****39.7%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 72.2% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 123 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (20%) · **■** Household industry 128 (11%) · **■** Other work 558 (49%) · **■** Marginal 91 (8%)

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 Sainthia

- Kunuri3,217 people
- Uttar Sija3,181 people
- Rangaipur2,965 people
- Rasaipur2,861 people
- Balsunda2,840 people
- Kagas2,635 people
- Nanubazar2,554 people
- Bhagabatipur2,512 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuchighata?2,848 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuchighata in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuchighata?78.7% (Census 2011)