# Uchat Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Uchat

Uchat is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,007 people in 232 households**, the 55th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,007people (2011)
- 232households
- 88.6%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchat

Of every 100 households in Uchat in 2011, 46 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uchat · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

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

**26%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**25%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Uchat?

■ Uchat · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**74.6%

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

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1240**

**951

Working population ****60.5%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 85.4% for women. 65% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (28%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 359 (59%)

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 Kumarganj

- Balta1,066 people
- Chak Mohan1,037 people
- Mulgaon1,032 people
- Kanura1,029 people
- Palashi998 people
- Shyamnagar993 people
- Amritapur992 people
- Subarnasahid968 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchat?1,007 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchat?88.6% (Census 2011)