# Indragachha Village, Suri - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Suri - II, Birbhum 

# Indragachha

Indragachha is a village in Suri - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,774 people in 418 households**, the 13th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 1,774people (2011)
- 418households
- 57.4%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Indragachha

Of every 100 households in Indragachha in 2011, 59 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Indragachha · ■ Suri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****25%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**82%

Use banking services ****48%**

**69%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Indragachha?

■ Indragachha · ■ Suri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**72.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**948

Working population ****44.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 50.1% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 300 (38%) · **■** Other work 66 (8%) · **■** Marginal 362 (46%)

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 Suri - II

- Banshanka1,838 people
- Majigram1,811 people
- Shirshita1,804 people
- Bansra1,795 people
- Chhota Kustikuri1,656 people
- Jamuri1,641 people
- Kodaipur1,584 people
- Hatikra1,555 people

[All 95 villages in Suri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/suri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Indragachha?1,774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Indragachha in?Birbhum district (Suri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Indragachha?57.4% (Census 2011)