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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Uchhana

Uchhana is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **370 people in 88 households**, the 144th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 370people (2011)
- 88households
- 67.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchhana

Of every 100 households in Uchhana in 2011, 56 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Uchhana · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**70%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**25%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Uchhana?

■ Uchhana · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**951

Working population ****33.5%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 58.6% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (40%) · **■** Household industry 13 (10%) · **■** Other work 8 (6%) · **■** Marginal 6 (5%)

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

- Bafra394 people
- Thalsama390 people
- Patit Pukur377 people
- Chakrasail375 people
- Banshra351 people
- Mominpur350 people
- Gobarta349 people
- Lakshmankuri348 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchhana?370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchhana in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchhana?67.6% (Census 2011)