# Choragachhi Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Choragachhi

Choragachhi is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **691 people in 143 households**, the 113th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 691people (2011)
- 143households
- 80.4%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Choragachhi

Of every 100 households in Choragachhi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Choragachhi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****18%**

**18%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Choragachhi?

■ Choragachhi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**955

Working population ****26.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 77.5% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (35%) · **■** Other work 20 (11%) · **■** Marginal 16 (9%)

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 Kushmundi

- Banshbari713 people
- Akcha711 people
- Baraidanga704 people
- Serpur692 people
- Kalikamora681 people
- Shiala641 people
- Hansrail640 people
- Kakair639 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Choragachhi?691 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Choragachhi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Choragachhi?80.4% (Census 2011)